Financial Review: SoftwareOne (OTCMKTS:SWONF) & Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE)

SoftwareOne (OTCMKTS:SWONF) and Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

51.1% of Audioeye shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Audioeye shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for SoftwareOne and Audioeye, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoftwareOne	1	1	0	0	1.50
Audioeye	1	0	4	0	2.60

Audioeye has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.30%. Given Audioeye’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Audioeye is more favorable than SoftwareOne.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SoftwareOne and Audioeye”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoftwareOne	$1.15 billion	N/A	-$1.72 million	N/A	N/A
Audioeye	$35.20 million	3.33	-$4.25 million	($0.28)	-33.68

SoftwareOne has higher revenue and earnings than Audioeye.

Profitability

This table compares SoftwareOne and Audioeye’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoftwareOne	N/A	N/A	N/A
Audioeye	-8.88%	40.94%	9.77%

Volatility and Risk

SoftwareOne has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Audioeye has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Audioeye beats SoftwareOne on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SoftwareOne

SoftwareONE Holding AG provides software and cloud solutions in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company develops and delivers the technology solutions that modernise applications and software in the cloud. It serves large enterprises, corporates, small and medium-sized enterprises, and public sector organizations. SoftwareONE Holding AG was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stans, Switzerland.

About Audioeye

AudioEye, Inc. provides patented, internet content publication, distribution software, and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allows for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. The company offers AudioEye, an always-on testing, remediation, and monitoring solution that improves conformance with web content accessibility guidelines; identifies and fixes the accessibility errors and addresses a range of disabilities, including dyslexia, color blindness, epilepsy, and others; and provides additional solutions to provide for enhanced compliance and accessibility, including periodic auditing, human assisted technological remediations, and legal support services, as well as PDF remediation services, Native Mobile App and audit reports to help customers with their digital accessibility needs. The company serves small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate enterprises, non-profit organizations, and federal government agencies, as well as federal, state, and local governments and agencies through content management system partners, platform and agency partners, authorized resellers, and the marketplace. AudioEye, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.