Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM – Get Free Report) and Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Risk and Volatility
Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upexi has a beta of -0.61, indicating that its share price is 161% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Upexi shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Upexi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Upexi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.67 |
Upexi has a consensus price target of $8.33, suggesting a potential upside of 486.85%. Given Upexi’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upexi is more favorable than Intelligent Protection Management.
Profitability
This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and Upexi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | -8.28% | -10.04% | -6.85% |
| Upexi | -496.86% | -41.47% | -17.56% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and Upexi”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | $23.61 million | 0.68 | -$1.96 million | ($0.15) | -11.73 |
| Upexi | $15.81 million | 6.23 | -$13.68 million | ($3.23) | -0.44 |
Intelligent Protection Management has higher revenue and earnings than Upexi. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upexi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Intelligent Protection Management beats Upexi on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Intelligent Protection Management
Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.
About Upexi
Upexi, Inc. manufactures and sells various branded products in the health, wellness, pet, beauty, and other markets. The company was formerly known as Grove, Inc. and changed its name to Upexi, Inc. in August 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
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