WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY – Get Free Report) and Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
WISeKey International has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innodata has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for WISeKey International and Innodata, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| WISeKey International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Innodata | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.3% of WISeKey International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Innodata shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of WISeKey International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Innodata shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares WISeKey International and Innodata’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| WISeKey International | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Innodata | 14.57% | 44.38% | 20.81% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares WISeKey International and Innodata”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| WISeKey International | $30.92 million | 1.60 | -$15.36 million | N/A | N/A |
| Innodata | $86.78 million | 17.99 | -$910,000.00 | $0.59 | 91.26 |
Innodata has higher revenue and earnings than WISeKey International.
Summary
Innodata beats WISeKey International on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About WISeKey International
WISeKey International Holding AG, a cybersecurity company, provides integrated security solutions in Switzerland, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, IoT and Managed Public Key Infrastructure (mPKI). It offers microcontrollers that provides identity to various connected devices; and mPKI, which include digital identity, certificate management and signing solutions, and trust services, as well as offers digital certificates; software as a service, including cloud-based certificate life-cycle-management and signing and authentication solutions; software licenses; post-contract customer support for cybersecurity applications; and infrastructure hosting and monitoring services. The company also develops, markets, hosts, and supports a range of solutions that enable secure digital identification of people, content, and objects by generating digital identities through its products and services in cybersecurity services, IoT, digital brand management, and mobile security, which enable clients to monetize their existing user bases, as well as expand its eco-system. In addition, it engages in financing, sales, and distribution activities; and sells semiconductors secure chips. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
About Innodata
Innodata Inc. operates as a global data engineering company in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Digital Data Solutions (DDS), Synodex, and Agility. The DDS segment engages in the provision of artificial intelligence (AI) data preparation services; collecting or creating training data; annotating training data; and training AI algorithms for its customers, as well as AI model deployment and integration services. This segment also provides a range of data engineering support services, including data transformation, data curation, data hygiene, data consolidation, data extraction, data compliance, and master data management. The Synodex segment offers an industry platform that transforms medical records into useable digital data with its proprietary data models or client data models. The Agility segment provides an industry platform that offers marketing communications and public relations professionals to target and distribute content to journalists and social media influencers; and to monitor and analyze global news channels, such as print, web, radio, and TV, as well as social media channels. It serves banking, insurance, financial services, technology, digital retailing, and information/media sectors through its professional staff, senior management, and direct sales personnel. The company was formerly known as Innodata Isogen, Inc. and changed its name to Innodata Inc. in June 2012. Innodata Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.
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