Comparing Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) & Benchmark Energy (OTCMKTS:BMRK)

Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) and Benchmark Energy (OTCMKTS:BMRK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.8% of Innodata shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Innodata shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Innodata and Benchmark Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innodata	14.57%	44.38%	20.81%
Benchmark Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Innodata and Benchmark Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innodata	0	0	4	0	3.00
Benchmark Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Innodata presently has a consensus target price of $35.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.62%. Given Innodata’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Innodata is more favorable than Benchmark Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Innodata and Benchmark Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innodata	$86.78 million	11.53	-$910,000.00	$0.59	58.48
Benchmark Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Benchmark Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Innodata.

Volatility and Risk

Innodata has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benchmark Energy has a beta of 3.86, suggesting that its share price is 286% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Innodata beats Benchmark Energy on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Benchmark Energy

Benchmark Energy Corporation, through its subsidiary, Energy Partners LLC, buys industrial grade glycerin and sells it to boiler plants as an alternative bunker fuel in the United States and internationally. The company offers crude and refined glycerin, a co-product of biodiesel production used in various industrial and commercial applications, such as power, energy, and boiler operations, as well as in the de-icing process and manufacturing of animal feed. It has a strategic relationship with the University of North Dakota (UND) to utilize industrial grade glycerin as an additive to the UND coal-burning plant. The company is based in Coldspring, Texas.