Analyzing Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) & 12 Retech (OTCMKTS:RETC)

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) and 12 Retech (OTCMKTS:RETC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Five9 and 12 Retech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five9	4.87%	12.66%	5.52%
12 Retech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Five9 and 12 Retech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five9	1	7	10	0	2.50
12 Retech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Five9 currently has a consensus price target of $25.93, suggesting a potential upside of 24.48%. Given Five9’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Five9 is more favorable than 12 Retech.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.6% of Five9 shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Five9 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Five9 and 12 Retech”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five9	$1.15 billion	1.39	$39.42 million	$0.66	31.56
12 Retech	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Five9 has higher revenue and earnings than 12 Retech.

Summary

Five9 beats 12 Retech on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Five9

Five9, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent cloud software for contact centers in the United States, India, and internationally. It offers a virtual contact center cloud platform that delivers a suite of applications, which enables the breadth of contact center-related customer service, sales, and marketing functions. The company’s platform comprises of including interactive virtual agent, agent assist, workflow automation, workforce engagement management, AI insights, and AI summaries that allows to manage and optimize customer interactions across voice, chat, email, web, social media, and mobile channels directly or through its application programming interfaces. It also matches each customer interaction with an agent resource and delivers customer data to the agent in real-time through integrations with adjacent enterprise applications, such as CRM software, to optimize the customer experience and enhance agent productivity. The company serves customers in various industries, such as banking and financial services, business process outsourcers, retail, healthcare, technology, and education. Five9, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.

About 12 Retech

12 ReTech Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, installs, and sells software for retailers in the United States. Its platform includes 12Mirror, an in-store application, which recognizes clothes worn by a person in reflection and takes pictures that are downloadable by the user and sharable through social media; 12Kiosk, an in-store application, which is used for browsing and obtaining information about consumers and products, as well as placing orders and checking out; 12Mobile, a mobile app that is used for browse products, place orders, and share products with other members and make new friends; and 12Desktop, an e-commerce website. The company also operates retail stores in airport terminals and casinos under the Bluwire brand; sells fashionable apparel under the Rune NYC, Social Sunday, and Red Wire Design brands; and produces women's clothing products. 12 ReTech Corporation was founded in 2014 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.