Head-To-Head Survey: UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN)

UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

UMC has a beta of 29.84, indicating that its share price is 2,884% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic International has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares UMC and Atlantic International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMC	-10.29%	N/A	N/A
Atlantic International	-13.64%	N/A	-54.43%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for UMC and Atlantic International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UMC	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atlantic International	1	1	0	1	2.33

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares UMC and Atlantic International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UMC	$28.55 million	1.17	-$340,000.00	N/A	N/A
Atlantic International	$435.88 million	0.17	-$59.43 million	($1.09)	-0.90

UMC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlantic International.

Summary

UMC beats Atlantic International on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UMC

UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.

About Atlantic International

Atlantic International Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of genetic analysis technologies. Its services include RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by William C. St. Laurent and Daniel R. Jones in 2013 and is headquartered in Billercia, MA.