Analyzing DAC Technologies Group International (OTCMKTS:DAAT) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM)

DAC Technologies Group International (OTCMKTS:DAAT) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

DAC Technologies Group International has a beta of 223.49, suggesting that its stock price is 22,249% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarm.com has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.7% of Alarm.com shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Alarm.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares DAC Technologies Group International and Alarm.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DAC Technologies Group International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alarm.com	13.27%	13.84%	5.03%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for DAC Technologies Group International and Alarm.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DAC Technologies Group International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alarm.com	1	2	2	1	2.50

Alarm.com has a consensus price target of $64.3333, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Alarm.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alarm.com is more favorable than DAC Technologies Group International.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DAC Technologies Group International and Alarm.com”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DAC Technologies Group International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alarm.com	$975.87 million	2.85	$124.12 million	$2.38	23.44

Alarm.com has higher revenue and earnings than DAC Technologies Group International.

Summary

Alarm.com beats DAC Technologies Group International on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DAC Technologies Group International

DAC Technologies Group International, Inc. manufactures and markets consumer products for wholesale, retail, and OEM gun manufacturing markets. The company specializes in gun cleaning kits, gun safety devices, security items, and other outdoor products. It offers products in the categories of gun cleaning kits and accessories, other shooting and outdoor accessories, licensed products, gun locks, and safes. The company sells its products to mass merchants, retail chains, sporting goods retailers, distributors, and OEM gun manufacturers. It also markets its products through catalog companies. The company was formerly known as DAC Technologies of America, Inc. and changed its name to DAC Technologies Group International, Inc. in July 1999. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

About Alarm.com

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. provides various Internet of Things (IoT) and solutions for residential, multi-family, small business, and enterprise commercial markets in North America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Alarm.com and Other. It offers solutions to control and monitor security systems, as well as to IoT devices, including door locks, garage doors, thermostats, and video cameras; and video monitoring and analytics solutions, such as video analytics, escalated events, video doorbells, intelligent integration, live streaming, secure cloud storage, and video alerts. The company also provides scenes, video analytics triggers, thermostat schedules, responsive savings, precision comfort, energy usage monitoring, places feature, whole home water safety, and solar monitoring solutions, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning monitoring services. In addition, it offers demand response programs, commercial grade video, commercial video analytics, access control, cell connectors, enterprise dashboard and multi-site management, energy savings, protection for valuables and inventory, temperature monitoring, and daily safeguard solutions. Further, the company provides a permission-based online portal that provides account management, sales, marketing, training, and support tools; a unified interface that displays key operational and customer experience indicators, including technician performance, system reliability and customer engagement metrics; installation and support services; MobileTech Application and Remote Toolkit; video health reports; smart gateway; AI-powered enhancements to professional monitoring and false alarm reduction; Web services and business intelligence; sales, marketing, and training services; and home builder programs. Additionally, it offers electric utility grid and water management, indoor gunshot detection, and health and wellness and data-rich emergency response solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Tysons, Virginia.