Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ:JG – Get Free Report) and Cipherloc (OTCMKTS:CLOK – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Aurora Mobile and Cipherloc’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Aurora Mobile | -21.65% | -30.57% | -8.35% |
Cipherloc | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
85.5% of Aurora Mobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of Aurora Mobile shares are owned 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.
Analyst Ratings
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Aurora Mobile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Cipherloc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Aurora Mobile presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 140.55%. Given Aurora Mobile’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aurora Mobile is more favorable than Cipherloc.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Aurora Mobile and Cipherloc’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Aurora Mobile | $40.88 million | 0.43 | -$8.84 million | ($1.60) | -1.82 |
Cipherloc | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cipherloc has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aurora Mobile.
Summary
Aurora Mobile beats Cipherloc on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Aurora Mobile
Aurora Mobile Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of developer services in China. The company provides push notification, instant messaging, analytics, sharing and short message service, one-click verification, and other services. The company offers real-time market intelligence solutions, such as product iApp, which provides analysis and statistical results on the usage and trends of mobile apps to investment funds and corporations. It also provides financial risk management solutions to assist financial institutions, licensed lenders, and credit card companies in making informed lending and credit decisions; and location-based intelligence solutions to help retailers and other traditional brick-and-mortar industries, such as real estate developers, track and analyze foot traffic, conduct targeted marketing, and make more informed and impactful operating decisions, such as site selection. In addition, the company offers targeted marketing solutions to help advertisers to target the right audience with the right content at the right time; application programming interfaces that create connectivity and automate the process of message exchange between the mobile apps and its backend network; an interactive web-based service dashboard that allows app developers to utilize and monitor its services through controls on an ongoing basis; and value added services, such as Advertisement SAAS, a data management platform service, which provides tagged and de-identified population data package; JG Alliance, an integrated marketing campaign services to advertising customers; and AD Mediation Platform to help mobile app developers access other mainstream advertising platforms. It primarily serves mobile app developers in a range of industries, such as media, entertainment, gaming, financial services, tourism, ecommerce, education, and healthcare. It has a strategic partnership with Zhipu AI to develop AI applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
About Cipherloc
SideChannel, Inc. engages in the provision of cybersecurity services and technology to middle market companies. Its services include Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, Virtual Chief Privacy Officer, Risk Assessments, Cybersecurity Compliance, Risk Management, Training and Awareness, and Team Building and Staffing. The company was founded on June 22, 1953, and is headquartered in Worcester, MA.
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