Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) vs. Scientific Industries (OTCMKTS:SCND) Financial Survey

Scientific Industries (OTCMKTS:SCND) and Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Scientific Industries has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senstar Technologies has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Scientific Industries and Senstar Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scientific Industries	-19.29%	-54.47%	-45.12%
Senstar Technologies	3.79%	3.21%	2.53%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Scientific Industries and Senstar Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scientific Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00
Senstar Technologies	0	1	0	0	2.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Scientific Industries and Senstar Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scientific Industries	$5.05 million	1.75	-$1.22 million	($0.28)	-2.64
Senstar Technologies	$36.37 million	1.18	$3.22 million	$0.05	36.82

Senstar Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Scientific Industries. Scientific Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Senstar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.7% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Scientific Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Senstar Technologies beats Scientific Industries on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scientific Industries

Scientific Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of benchtop laboratory equipment and bioprocessing systems in the United States, Germany, and internationally. It offers vortex mixers to mix the contents of test tubes, beakers, and other containers by placing such containers on a rotating cup or other attachments; and various mixers and shakers, such as high-speed touch mixers, mixers with an integral timer, cell disruptors, bead beaters, microplate mixers, vortex mixers, two large capacity multi-vessel vortex mixers, and orbital shakers. The company also provides benchtop multi-purpose rotators and rockers, designed to rotate and rock various containers; refrigerated incubators and incubated shakers for shaking and stirring functions; and high/low programmable magnetic, four-place high/low programmable magnetic, large volume magnetic, and four-place general purpose stirrers. In addition, it offers bioprocessing systems, including cell growth quantifiers for biomass monitoring in shake flasks; liquid injection systems for automated feeding in shake flasks; various coaster systems and flow-through cells for pH and DO monitoring and analytical software; and multi-parameter sensors and dissolved oxygen sensor pills. Further, the company provides moisture analyzers, mechanical and automated pill counters, test stands, force gauges, and pharmacy, laboratory, and industrial digital scales. Its products are used for research purposes by universities, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, national laboratories, medical device manufacturers, and other industries performing laboratory-scale research. The company markets its products under the Genie, Torbal, TurboMix, and VIVID brand names directly to customers, as well as through laboratory equipment distributors and online. Scientific Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1954 and is headquartered in Bohemia, New York.

About Senstar Technologies

Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.