Mitie Group (OTCMKTS:MITFY) and Datalex (OTCMKTS:DLEXY) Head-To-Head Comparison

Mitie Group (OTCMKTS:MITFY) and Datalex (OTCMKTS:DLEXY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Mitie Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Mitie Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Mitie Group and Datalex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitie Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Datalex	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mitie Group and Datalex, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitie Group	0	0	0	1	4.00
Datalex	0	0	0	0	0.00

Volatility & Risk

Mitie Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datalex has a beta of 15.76, meaning that its stock price is 1,476% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mitie Group and Datalex”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mitie Group	$5.59 billion	0.34	$158.76 million	N/A	N/A
Datalex	$28.89 million	3.56	-$9.02 million	N/A	N/A

Mitie Group has higher revenue and earnings than Datalex.

Dividends

Mitie Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Datalex pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%.

Summary

Mitie Group beats Datalex on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mitie Group

Mitie Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides facilities management and professional services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Business Services, Technical Services, Central Government & Defense (CG&D), Communities. The company provides decarbonization, electrical grid connections, emission intelligence, energy and carbon, EV fleets, and heat solutions, as well as solar energy; cleaning and hygiene, engineering maintenance, integrated facilities management, landscape, and waste management services; project and workplace services; and Fire & security systems, front of house, intelligence, vetting, and security guarding service. It serves to financial, professional, life science, manufacturing, media, telecom and tech, retail, shopping centres, transport, utilities, central and local government, critical environment, defence, education, healthcare, and justice and immigration sectors. The company was incorporated in 1936 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Datalex

Datalex plc develops and sells various distribution and retailing software products and solutions to the airline industry in Ireland, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, and Other European countries. The company operates in two segments, E-Business and TPF Consulting. It offers Datalex Direct, a customer-centric digital commerce product for travel retailing through airlines’ direct channels; Datalex Merchandiser that enables airlines to deploy intelligent merchandising strategies across channels and touchpoints, generate revenue, and optimize traveler engagement at various points in their journey; Datalex NDC, a new distribution capability (NDC) product that offers airlines full NDC offer and order management capabilities to control, optimize. and differentiate offers; and Datalex Dynamic, which creates and optimizes capabilities by allowing airlines to build customer centric, contextualized, and personalized offers for air and non-air products. The company also provides Datalex China Shopping and Pricing Engine, an air shopping and pricing solution for Chinese airlines; and Datalex Pricing AI, an AI-powered real-time pricing product that enables airlines to move beyond fixed fare classes to a customer-centric world. In addition, it delivers professional and hosting services; and offers online payment processing connectivity services. Further, the company provides IT consultancy services to airlines. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.