Analyzing Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) & Global Engine Group (NASDAQ:GLE)

Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) and Global Engine Group (NASDAQ:GLE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ribbon Communications and Global Engine Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ribbon Communications	$833.88 million	0.91	-$54.24 million	($0.29)	-14.84
Global Engine Group	$6.33 million	4.29	$330,000.00	N/A	N/A

Global Engine Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ribbon Communications.

Profitability

This table compares Ribbon Communications and Global Engine Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ribbon Communications	-6.00%	6.76%	2.37%
Global Engine Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Ribbon Communications and Global Engine Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ribbon Communications	0	0	4	0	3.00
Global Engine Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Ribbon Communications presently has a consensus price target of $5.88, indicating a potential upside of 36.47%. Given Ribbon Communications’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than Global Engine Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ribbon Communications beats Global Engine Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ribbon Communications

Ribbon Communications Inc. provides communications technology in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Cloud and Edge, and IP Optical Networks. The Cloud and Edge segment provides software and hardware products, solutions, and services for voice over internet protocol communications, voice over long-term evolution, and voice over 5G communications, and unified communications and collaboration. It also offers session border controllers; and network transformation products, such as signaling products, call controllers, media gateways, and application servers. This segment serves private, public, or hybrid cloud infrastructures, as well as data centers, enterprise premises, and service provider networks. The IP Optical Networks segment provides hardware and software products and solutions for IP networking, switching, routing, and optical transport for technologies, such as 5G, distributed cloud computing, and corresponding applications. It also offers multiple solutions, including 5G-native solutions for mobile-backhaul, metro and edge aggregation, core networking, data center interconnect, multi-service access, and transport solutions for wholesale carriers. This segment serves utilities, government, defense, finance, transportation, and education and research industries, as well as service providers and enterprises. The company was formerly known as Sonus Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Ribbon Communications Inc. in November 2017. Ribbon Communications Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

About Global Engine Group

Global Engine Group Holding Limited provides integrated solutions in the information communication technologies (ICT), system integration, and other technical consultation service areas in Hong Kong. The company offers ICT solution services, including cloud platform deployment, IT system design, configuration, maintenance, and data center colocation and cloud services; technical services, such as technical development, support, and outsourcing services for data center and cloud computing infrastructure, mobility and fixed network communications, and Internet-of-things (IoT) projects; and project management services. It serves telecom operators; data center and cloud computing services providers; and IoT solutions providers, resellers, and users. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.