Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) versus Its Rivals Financial Contrast

Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) is one of 271 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Protection Management	-14.80%	-21.13%	-13.41%
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	-191.32%	-32.18%	-8.63%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Protection Management	$23.61 million	-$1.96 million	-6.14
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	$8.86 billion	$227.67 million	-23.45

Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Protection Management. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors have a beta of 2.16, indicating that their average share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Intelligent Protection Management and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Protection Management	1	1	0	0	1.50
Intelligent Protection Management Competitors	1991	5648	9460	342	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 30.20%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intelligent Protection Management has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Intelligent Protection Management competitors beat Intelligent Protection Management on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Intelligent Protection Management

Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.