Zuora (NYSE:ZUO – Get Free Report) and BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
83.0% of Zuora shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Zuora shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of BIO-key International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Zuora and BIO-key International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zuora | -16.34% | -2.99% | -0.58% |
| BIO-key International | -72.53% | -3,124.77% | -106.39% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zuora | $431.66 million | 3.57 | -$68.19 million | ($0.49) | -20.45 |
| BIO-key International | $6.93 million | 0.66 | -$8.52 million | ($2.24) | -0.35 |
BIO-key International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zuora. Zuora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BIO-key International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Zuora has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BIO-key International has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Zuora and BIO-key International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zuora | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
| BIO-key International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Zuora currently has a consensus price target of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Given Zuora’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Zuora is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Summary
Zuora beats BIO-key International on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Zuora
Zuora, Inc. provides a monetization suite for modern businesses to help companies launch and scale new services and operate dynamic customer-centric business models. The company offers Zuora Billing that allows customers to deploy various pricing and packaging strategies to monetize their recurring revenue streams, bill customers, calculate prorations when subscriptions change, and automate billing and payment operations; Zuora Revenue, a revenue recognition and automation solution that accounting teams use to manage their complex revenue streams; Zuora Payments to provide payment orchestration services for companies looking to operate globally; and Zephr, a digital subscriber experience platform that helps companies orchestrate dynamic experiences that increase conversion, reduce churn, and nurture ongoing subscriber relationships. It also provides Zuora Platform, an orchestration engine for all subscription data and processes; and other software. The company markets its products through its systems integrators, consultants, and ecosystem partners. Zuora, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
About BIO-key International
BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.
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