Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) vs. Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) Financial Analysis

Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hub Cyber Security and Guardforce AI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hub Cyber Security	$28.97 million	0.07	-$39.76 million	N/A	N/A
Guardforce AI	$36.35 million	0.31	-$5.86 million	N/A	N/A

Guardforce AI has higher revenue and earnings than Hub Cyber Security.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Hub Cyber Security and Guardforce AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hub Cyber Security	N/A	N/A	N/A
Guardforce AI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Hub Cyber Security and Guardforce AI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hub Cyber Security	1	0	0	0	1.00
Guardforce AI	1	0	1	0	2.00

Guardforce AI has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 733.33%. Given Guardforce AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guardforce AI is more favorable than Hub Cyber Security.

Volatility & Risk

Hub Cyber Security has a beta of -0.91, indicating that its share price is 191% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Guardforce AI beats Hub Cyber Security on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hub Cyber Security

HUB Cyber Security Ltd. provides cyber security solutions in Israel and internationally. The company offers HUB Secure File Vault, a super charged managed file transfer backed by dedicated hardware driven security, which creates a secure enclave to protect the organization's data driven workflows; HUB Guard, a recurring security assessment, continuous network, and infrastructure monitoring and analysis, and planned incident response; D.Storm, a powerful SaaS DDoS simulation platform; RAM Commander, a software tool for reliability prediction and analysis, reliability block diagram, Markov chains analysis, maintainability prediction, spares optimization, FMEA/FMECA, testability, fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, and safety assessment; and Safety Commander designs to evaluate the safety of highly integrated systems in a model-based design environment. It also provides complementary trusted advisory and professional service facilitating cyber risk assessment, cyber risk mitigation, cyber incident response, quality reliability, and safety of critical systems. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

About Guardforce AI

Guardforce AI Co., Limited offers cash solutions and cash handling services in Thailand. The company operates through four segments: Secured Logistics Business, General Security Solutions, Robotics Solution Business, and Information Security Business. Its services include cash-in-transit, vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, consolidate cash center, and cheque center services, as well as cash deposit machine solutions, such as cash deposit management and express cash services. The company also sells and rents robots; and sells and installs Rapid7 software, as well as provision of integrated alarm security system installation, PCI ASV scan, and penetration testing services. Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin manufacturing mints, and government authorities. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Singapore.