Comparing Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) and Its Competitors

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

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%

Volatility and Risk

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s rivals have a beta of 1.78, suggesting that their average stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Intelligent Protection Management and its rivals, as provided 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 1018 6550 13173 346 2.61

Intelligent Protection Management presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 201.51%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management $6.34 million -$1.07 million -5.85
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors $30.69 billion $587.10 million -3.15

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

About Intelligent Protection Management

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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.

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