Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) versus SOS (NYSE:SOS) Financial Survey

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) and SOS (NYSE:SOS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SOS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and SOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	N/A	-16.88%	-12.03%
SOS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Intelligent Protection Management and SOS, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	0	0	1	0	3.00
SOS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Intelligent Protection Management presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 195.57%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than SOS.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and SOS”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$1.10 million	17.05	-$8.43 million	($0.34)	-5.97
SOS	$231.42 million	0.06	-$13.60 million	N/A	N/A

Intelligent Protection Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SOS.

Volatility and Risk

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SOS has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management beats SOS on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intelligent Protection Management

Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.

About SOS

SOS Limited provides data mining and analysis services to corporate and individual members in the People's Republic of China. It provides marketing data, technology, and solutions for insurance companies; emergency rescue services; and insurance product and health care information portals. The company operates SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service platform that offers basic cloud products, such as medical rescue, auto rescue, financial rescue, and life rescue cards; cooperative cloud systems, including information rescue center, intelligent big data, and intelligent software and hardware; and information cloud systems, such as newsToday and E-commerce Today, 10086 hot-line center, information security services, and marketing-related data. It also focuses on cryptocurrency mining, blockchain-based insurance, and security management businesses. The company serves insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. The company is based in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.