Agent Information Software (AIFS) and Its Rivals Head to Head Analysis

Agent Information Software (OTCMKTS:AIFS) is one of 133 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Agent Information Software to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Agent Information Software has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agent Information Software’s peers have a beta of 1.14, meaning that their average stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Agent Information Software and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agent Information Software	$5.41 million	$200,000.00	26.01
Agent Information Software Competitors	$1.31 billion	$11.09 million	-6.77

Agent Information Software’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Agent Information Software. Agent Information Software is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Agent Information Software and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agent Information Software	4.65%	N/A	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	-144.54%	-2,028.93%	-8.81%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Agent Information Software and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agent Information Software	0	0	0	0	N/A
Agent Information Software Competitors	758	3908	5352	109	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Agent Information Software’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agent Information Software has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.8% of Agent Information Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Agent Information Software pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Agent Information Software pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.3% and pay out 36.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Agent Information Software peers beat Agent Information Software on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Agent Information Software

Agent Information Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software products and services used to create, manage, publish, and access information content via Internet or Web. It offers its software products and services to customers in the library community in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California.