Comparing Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) & Better Environment Concepts (OTCMKTS:BEEN)

Research Solutions (NASDAQ:RSSS) and Better Environment Concepts (OTCMKTS:BEEN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Research Solutions and Better Environment Concepts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Research Solutions	2.58%	10.32%	2.88%
Better Environment Concepts	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Research Solutions and Better Environment Concepts”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Research Solutions	$49.06 million	2.39	$1.27 million	$0.03	119.00
Better Environment Concepts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Research Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Better Environment Concepts.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Research Solutions and Better Environment Concepts, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Research Solutions	1	0	1	0	2.00
Better Environment Concepts	0	0	0	0	0.00

Research Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.06%. Given Research Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Research Solutions is more favorable than Better Environment Concepts.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.6% of Research Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Research Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Better Environment Concepts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Research Solutions beats Better Environment Concepts on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Research Solutions

Research Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides research cloud-based software-as-a-service software platform and related services to corporate, academic, government and individual researchers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It provides Discover platform that facilitates search discovery across virtually all scientific, technical, and medical (STM) articles available, including free basic search solutions and advanced search tools, which include the Resolute.ai and scite.ai products, a tools that allows for searching and identifying relevant research and find insights in other datasets adjacent to STM content, such as clinical trial, patent, life science and medtech regulatory information, competitor and technology landscape insights in addition to searching the customer’s internal datasets. The company also offers Article Galaxy, a solution that allows research organizations to load their entitlements, consisting of subscriptions, discount or token packages, and their existing library of articles. In addition, it provides Manage platform, a references solution that allows users to access the article inside the platform including setting up personal folders or team folders and allows researchers to markup and take notes on the articles in a supported browser on a desktop or tablet. Further, the company’s platform facilitates the sale of published STM content sold as individual articles. The company was formerly known as Derycz Scientific, Inc. and changed its name to Research Solutions, Inc. in March 2013. Research Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Henderson, Nevada.

About Better Environment Concepts

Better Environment Concepts Inc. operates as an energy consulting company in the United States. It acquires interests in, or participates in the creation of projects while providing financial, management, and technical support to development stage businesses, primarily in the green or alternative energy industry. It focuses on developing four energy projects. The company was formerly known as Unidigitel Inc. and changed its name to Better Environment Concepts Inc. in June 2009. Better Environment Concepts Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington.