Head-To-Head Contrast: Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ:WRAP) versus Hub Cyber Security (NASDAQ:HUBC)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

8.8% of Wrap Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by institutional investors. 33.3% of Wrap Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Hub Cyber Security shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Wrap Technologies has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Cyber Security has a beta of -0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 190% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Wrap Technologies and Hub Cyber Security, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wrap Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Hub Cyber Security	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wrap Technologies	-270.03%	-115.68%	-90.83%
Hub Cyber Security	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Wrap Technologies and Hub Cyber Security”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wrap Technologies	$4.67 million	17.55	-$10.34 million	($0.30)	-4.90
Hub Cyber Security	$29.56 million	0.01	-$39.76 million	N/A	N/A

Wrap Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hub Cyber Security.

Summary

Wrap Technologies beats Hub Cyber Security on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wrap Technologies

Wrap Technologies, Inc., a public safety technology and services company, develops policing solutions to law enforcement and security personnel. The company's flagship product is BolaWrap 150, a handheld remote restraint device that discharges a seven and a half-foot Kevlar tether, entangling an individual from a range of 10-25 feet. It also offers virtual reality training system, a law enforcement 3D training system employing immersive computer graphics VR with proprietary software-enabled content. It operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Tempe, Arizona.

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.