Head-To-Head Comparison: Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) vs. Its Peers

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) is one of 196 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Intelligent Protection Management and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	0	0	1	0	3.00
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	1012	6536	13143	346	2.61

Intelligent Protection Management currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 172.73%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 15.39%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s rivals have a beta of 1.83, suggesting that their average stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	-16.33%	-154.67%	-3.10%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$6.34 million	-$1.07 million	-6.47
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	$30.67 billion	$587.10 million	-3.74

Intelligent Protection Management’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Protection Management. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management rivals beat Intelligent Protection Management on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Intelligent Protection Management Company Profile

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.