Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN – Get Free Report) and Viaspace (OTCMKTS:VSPC – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viaspace has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Ituran Location and Control and Viaspace, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ituran Location and Control | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Viaspace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Ituran Location and Control and Viaspace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ituran Location and Control | 16.03% | 27.70% | 15.75% |
| Viaspace | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Viaspace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ituran Location and Control and Viaspace”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ituran Location and Control | $359.02 million | 3.53 | $57.97 million | $3.03 | 21.01 |
| Viaspace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ituran Location and Control has higher revenue and earnings than Viaspace.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Viaspace on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ituran Location and Control
Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. It operates through two segments, Telematics Services and Telematics Products. The Telematics services segment offers stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which enables to locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. This segment also delivers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, a service platform that includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for IOS and Android users, and interface using the car infotainment screen, as well as usage based insurance and auto financing services. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. The Telematics Products segment offers Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Azor, Israel.
About Viaspace
VIASPACE Inc. engages in the renewable energy business in the United States and internationally. It develops Giant King Grass (GKG), a biomass and energy crop. The company’s GKG could be burned in biomass power plants to generate electricity; made into pellets that could be burned together with coal to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants; generated bio methane through anaerobic digestion; and used as a feedstock for low carbon liquid biofuels for transportation, biochemical, and bio plastics, as well as animal feed. VIASPACE Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Santa Cruz, California.
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