Critical Comparison: Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI) and Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY)

Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) and Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are held by institutional investors. 25.6% of Digerati Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Digerati Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	N/A	N/A	N/A
Digerati Technologies	-36.31%	N/A	-29.16%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Urgent.ly and Digerati Technologies’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$184.65 million	0.12	$74.73 million	N/A	N/A
Digerati Technologies	$31.62 million	0.22	-$8.29 million	($0.07)	-0.57

Urgent.ly has higher revenue and earnings than Digerati Technologies.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Urgent.ly and Digerati Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	0	0	1	0	3.00
Digerati Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Urgent.ly currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 206.75%. Given Urgent.ly’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Digerati Technologies.

Summary

Urgent.ly beats Digerati Technologies on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly Inc. offers mobility assistance software platform for roadside assistance in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include car lockout, tire changes, towing, stuck in ditch and winch services, motorcycle towing, electric vehicle towing, jump start, and gas delivery. The company's software platform combines location-based services, real-time data, AI and machine-to-machine communication to provide roadside assistance solutions. It serves automotive, insurance, telematics, and other transportation-focused verticals. Urgent.ly Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About Digerati Technologies

Digerati Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of Internet-based telephony products and services through its cloud application platform and session-based communication network in the United States. The company offers Internet broadband, fiber, mobile broadband, and cloud wide area network (WAN) or software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions; cloud communication services, including fully hosted IP/PBX, video conferencing, mobile applications, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transport, session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking, call center applications, auto attendant, voice and web conferencing, call recording, messaging, voicemail to email conversion, integrated mobility applications, and customized VoIP services; and remote network monitoring, data backup, and disaster recovery services, as well as enterprise-class data and connectivity solutions, such as cloud WAN or SD-WAN, fiber, mobile broadband, and Ethernet over copper services. It primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprise customers through distributors and value-added resellers. The company was formerly known as ATSI Communications Inc. and changed its name to Digerati Technologies, Inc. in March 2011. Digerati Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.