Contrasting Agent Information Software (AIFS) and Its Competitors

Agent Information Software (OTCMKTS:AIFS) is one of 144 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Agent Information Software to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices 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	798	4265	5748	125	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 14.01%. Given Agent Information Software’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agent Information Software has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Agent Information Software and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agent Information Software	$5.41 million	$200,000.00	26.00
Agent Information Software Competitors	$5.90 billion	$8.07 million	1.42

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.8% of Agent Information Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 1.5% and pay out 40.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

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	-149.16%	-1,892.29%	-8.36%

Risk and Volatility

Agent Information Software has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agent Information Software’s peers have a beta of 1.09, suggesting that their average share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

Agent Information Software Company Profile

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.