Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN – Get Free Report) and UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN – Get Free Report) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Atlantic International has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMC has a beta of 29.88, meaning that its share price is 2,888% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Atlantic International and UMC, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Atlantic International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| UMC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Atlantic International | $435.88 million | 0.17 | -$59.43 million | ($1.09) | -0.90 |
| UMC | $28.55 million | 1.17 | -$340,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
UMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Atlantic International.
Profitability
This table compares Atlantic International and UMC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Atlantic International | -13.64% | N/A | -54.43% |
| UMC | -10.29% | N/A | N/A |
Summary
UMC beats Atlantic International on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Atlantic International
Atlantic International Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of genetic analysis technologies. Its services include RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by William C. St. Laurent and Daniel R. Jones in 2013 and is headquartered in Billercia, MA.
About UMC
UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.
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