Comparing THQ (OTCMKTS:THQIQ) & Intellicheck Mobilisa (NASDAQ:IDN)

THQ (OTCMKTS:THQIQ) and Intellicheck Mobilisa (NASDAQ:IDN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.8% of Intellicheck Mobilisa shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Intellicheck Mobilisa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares THQ and Intellicheck Mobilisa”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
THQ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellicheck Mobilisa	$20.66 million	4.66	-$920,000.00	($0.04)	-120.25

THQ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intellicheck Mobilisa.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for THQ and Intellicheck Mobilisa, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
THQ	0	0	0	0	0.00
Intellicheck Mobilisa	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given THQ’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe THQ is more favorable than Intellicheck Mobilisa.

Profitability

This table compares THQ and Intellicheck Mobilisa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
THQ	N/A	N/A	N/A
Intellicheck Mobilisa	-4.44%	-3.09%	-2.43%

About THQ

THQ Inc. (THQ), is a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for game systems. THQ develops software for all game systems, including home video game consoles, such as the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 Kinect (Xbox 360), Nintendo Wii (Wii), and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), handheld platforms, such as the Nintendo DS, DSi and 3DS (DS), and Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP); wireless devices based on the Apple iOS (including the iPhone, iTouch and iPad), Google Android, and Windows Mobile platforms; personal computers (PCs), including games played online, and the Internet, including on social networking sites, such as Facebook. THQ also develops and publishes titles (and supplemental downloadable content) for digital distribution through Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace (Xbox LIVE) and Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) and Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN), as well as digitally offer its PC titles through online download stores and services, such as Amazon and Valve.

About Intellicheck Mobilisa

Intellicheck, Inc., a technology company, develops, integrates, and markets threat identification and identity authentication solutions for bank and retail fraud prevention, law enforcement threat identification, and mobile and handheld access control and security systems primarily in the United States. It provides identity systems products, including commercial identification products, such as Intellicheck Platform, an identity solution that checks whether an ID is valid, matches the ID to the person presenting it, and provides a risk score to determine the risk of doing business with that person; IDN-Portal that provides the ability to scan an ID using a mobile phone; IDN-Portal+ that uses a retail scanner to validate an ID, and get additional data for analytics and analysis; IDN-Direct that provides access to additional data and the ability to use the platform’s Risk Score capability to help with decision-making; and Intellicheck mobile app, which provides the ability to login and scan an ID. The company also offers State Aware Software solution, which provides or restricts information that is electronically scanned from an ID based on the electronic reading laws according to the state in which the ID is scanned; data collection devices that enable its software applications to be used on a variety of commercially available credit card terminals, PDAs, tablets, laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and point-of-sale terminals; and instant credit application kiosk software applications. It serves government, military, and commercial markets. The company was formerly known as Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. and changed its name to Intellicheck, Inc. in May 2017. Intellicheck, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.