Analyzing 1mage Software (OTCMKTS:ISOL) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO)

1mage Software (OTCMKTS:ISOL) and Silicon Motion Technology (NASDAQ:SIMO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares 1mage Software and Silicon Motion Technology”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
1mage Software	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Silicon Motion Technology	$780.73 million	3.13	$89.25 million	$2.79	25.81

Silicon Motion Technology has higher revenue and earnings than 1mage Software.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for 1mage Software and Silicon Motion Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
1mage Software	0	0	0	0	0.00
Silicon Motion Technology	0	0	10	0	3.00

Silicon Motion Technology has a consensus target price of $83.89, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. Given Silicon Motion Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Silicon Motion Technology is more favorable than 1mage Software.

Volatility & Risk

1mage Software has a beta of 3.63, meaning that its share price is 263% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicon Motion Technology has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares 1mage Software and Silicon Motion Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
1mage Software	N/A	N/A	N/A
Silicon Motion Technology	12.06%	12.00%	9.18%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.0% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.8% of 1mage Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Silicon Motion Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Silicon Motion Technology beats 1mage Software on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 1mage Software

1mage Software Inc operates in the technology industry. The company offers capturing services, including 1ACCESS, an java-based software application that utilizes the adobe PDF format, which could be printed, faxed, and emailed; application program interfaces consisting of executable subroutines; 1FAX, an software application that manages inbound/outbound fax transmissions and outbound emails; 1SCAN, a windows based software application; and 1ERM that provides simultaneous and multi-user access to indexed and archived computer-generated reports and customer-related documents. Its capturing services also include 1SCANSERV, which allow scanned documents from an MFP or a scanner to be transformed into image files; V1A, a document imaging software that allows viewing images; and Zoë, which gives access to other outside applications. The company also provides integrating services, such as application program interfaces; Zoë that gives access to other outside applications; ZoëFetch, an application bridge, which works with various applications; and Zoë XML Web services that allows users to seamlessly integrate with line of business application. In addition, it offers archiving services; and digital content management system that provides solutions for the scanning, indexing, storing, and retrieving of document images. Further, the company provides 1SEARCH that locate and retrieve documents/images, as well as Web services. Additionally, it offers exporting services, which include 1PUBLISH that enables users with specific security rights; and 1RENDITION, which automates the rendition billing process. The company is based in Centennial, Colorado.

About Silicon Motion Technology

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices. The company offers controllers for computing-grade solid state drives (SSDs), which are used in PCs and other client devices; enterprise-grade SSDs used in data centers; eMMC and UFS mobile embedded storage for use in smartphones and IoT devices; flash memory cards and flash drives for use in expandable storage; and specialized SSDs that are used in industrial, commercial, and automotive applications. It markets its controllers under the SMI brand; enterprise-grade SSDs under the Shannon Systems brand; and single-chip industrial-grade SSDs under the FerriSSD, Ferri-eMMC, and Ferri-UFS brands. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales personnel and independent electronics distributors to NAND flash makers, module makers, hyperscalers, and OEMs. It operates in Taiwan, the United States, Korea, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and internationally. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.