Financial Survey: SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Allied Security Innovations (OTCMKTS:ADSV)

SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) and Allied Security Innovations (OTCMKTS:ADSV) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SoundThinking and Allied Security Innovations”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoundThinking	$102.03 million	1.39	-$9.18 million	($0.79)	-14.00
Allied Security Innovations	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Allied Security Innovations has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SoundThinking.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.7% of SoundThinking shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of SoundThinking shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Allied Security Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares SoundThinking and Allied Security Innovations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundThinking	-9.74%	-13.76%	-7.36%
Allied Security Innovations	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for SoundThinking and Allied Security Innovations, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundThinking	1	1	5	0	2.57
Allied Security Innovations	0	0	0	0	0.00

SoundThinking currently has a consensus target price of $20.80, suggesting a potential upside of 88.07%. Given SoundThinking’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SoundThinking is more favorable than Allied Security Innovations.

Risk & Volatility

SoundThinking has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Security Innovations has a beta of -2.81, meaning that its stock price is 381% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SoundThinking beats Allied Security Innovations on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SoundThinking

SoundThinking, Inc., a public safety technology company that provides transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership. Its SafetySmart Platform, an integrated suite of data-driven tools that enable law enforcement and community violence prevention and health organizations to be efficient in public safety outcomes. It offers ShotSpotter, an acoustic gunshot detection system; CrimeTracer, a law enforcement search engine; CaseBuilder, an investigation management system; and ResourceRouter, a software that directs patrol and community anti-violence resources to help maximize their impact. The company sells its solutions through its direct sales teams. The company was formerly known as ShotSpotter, Inc. and changed its name to SoundThinking, Inc. in April 2023. SoundThinking, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

About Allied Security Innovations

Allied Security Innovations, Inc., through its subsidiary, CGM Applied Security Technologies, Inc., manufactures and distributes indicative and barrier security seals, security tapes, and related packaging security systems in the United States and internationally. It also provides protective security products for palletized cargo; and physical security systems for tractors, trailers, and containers, as well as various specialized authentication products. The company's principal products include tapes, self-wound security tapes, void labels and void tapes for bag closure, SUPERSEALS, custom coated products, conductive inks and membrane switch components, electro-magnetic asset protection systems, locks, sentry sensors, and other related items. It provides its products for use in aircraft and truck seals, fiber and steel drum seals, motor vehicle inspection seals, pharmaceutical packaging, box or container closure seals, cash bag components, computer seals, validation devices, general security products, and law enforcement agencies. The company also develops, assembles, markets, and installs computer systems, which capture video, digitally captured images, and scanned images; digitizes the image; links the digitized images to text/data; and stores the image and text on a computer database, which allows for transmitting the image and text by computer or telecommunication links to remote locations. In addition, it offers maintenance and support, and related services; and software. The company serves producers of various items, such as perfumes, computers, silicon chips, jewelry, and cash and negotiable documents. The company was formerly known as Digital Descriptor Systems, Inc. and changed its name Allied Security Innovations, Inc. in December 2006. Allied Security Innovations, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.