Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) vs. Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSV) Critical Review

Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vertex and Pcs Edventures!.Com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertex	$666.78 million	4.62	-$52.73 million	($0.35)	-55.14
Pcs Edventures!.Com	$7.42 million	2.03	$950,000.00	N/A	N/A

Pcs Edventures!.Com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertex.

Profitability

This table compares Vertex and Pcs Edventures!.Com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertex	-7.32%	26.84%	5.05%
Pcs Edventures!.Com	1.75%	1.26%	1.08%

Volatility & Risk

Vertex has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pcs Edventures!.Com has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Vertex and Pcs Edventures!.Com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertex	1	4	12	0	2.65
Pcs Edventures!.Com	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vertex presently has a consensus price target of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 67.88%. Given Vertex’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vertex is more favorable than Pcs Edventures!.Com.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.3% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 43.3% of Vertex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.3% of Pcs Edventures!.Com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vertex beats Pcs Edventures!.Com on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vertex

Vertex, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise tax technology solutions for retail trade, wholesale trade, and manufacturing industries in the United States and internationally. The company offers tax determination; compliance and reporting, including workflow management tools, role-based security, and event logging; tax data management; document management; analytics and insights; pre-built integration that includes mapping data fields, and business logic and configurations; industry-specific solutions; and technology specific solutions, such as chain flow accelerator and SAP-specific tools. It provides implementation services, such as configuration, data migration and implementation, and support and training; and managed services, including tax return preparation, filing and tax payment, and notice management. The company sells its software products through software licenses and software as a service subscription. Vertex, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

About Pcs Edventures!.Com

PCS Edventures!, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes technology-based educational products and services to the pre-kindergarten through university classroom, the K-12 afterschool, the private learning center, and the home school markets in the United States and internationally. Its products include PCS Edventures! Labs, a learning center that offers teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and PCS BrickLab, a system of building blocks combined with PCS curriculum resources that address technology, math, construction engineering, communication, and science principles. The company also provides PCS Digital Media Labs, which contains lesson plans, a hard cover mobile case, digital cameras, camcorders or voice recorders, accessories, and a teacher guide; and PCS Academy of Engineering Lab, a STEM based program that is designed for use in tech-ed programs and for various environments through 10 student modules, such as hardware, software, lab furniture, and curriculum. In addition, it offers PCS Edventures Robotics system, a platform that provides various robotics lab implementations to its RiQ robot kits for home users, as well as engages students in various areas, including computer programming, physics, math, and other topics; PCS Discover STEM Lab, a modular program that provides activities for afterschool facilitators in the areas of STEM; summer camp packages, which offer summer camp solutions for schools and afterschool programs; and Riot, a racing drone product. PCS Edventures!, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Boise, Idaho.