Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX – Get Free Report) and Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Information Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Information Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Urgent.ly and Information Services Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Urgent.ly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Information Services Group | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Urgent.ly currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.84%. Information Services Group has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.86%. Given Urgent.ly’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Information Services Group.
Profitability
This table compares Urgent.ly and Information Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Urgent.ly | -15.81% | N/A | -47.23% |
| Information Services Group | 4.67% | 13.59% | 6.20% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Urgent.ly and Information Services Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Urgent.ly | $129.19 million | 0.09 | -$20.43 million | ($13.82) | -0.40 |
| Information Services Group | $244.73 million | 1.22 | $9.34 million | $0.23 | 26.83 |
Information Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Urgent.ly. Urgent.ly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Urgent.ly has a beta of -5.01, meaning that its share price is 601% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Information Services Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Information Services Group beats Urgent.ly on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Urgent.ly
URGENT.LY INC
About Information Services Group
Information Services Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology research and advisory company in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers digital transformation services, including automation, cloud, and data analytics; sourcing advisory; managed governance and risk; network carrier; technology strategy and operations design; change management; and market intelligence and technology research and analysis services. It supports private and public sector organizations to transform and optimize their operational environments. The company also provides ISG Digital, a client solution platform that helps clients developing technology, transformation, sourcing, and digital solutions; and ISG Enterprise, a client solution platform that helps clients manage change and optimize operations in areas comprising finance, human resource, and Procure2Pay. In addition, it offers ISG GovernX to automate the management of third-party supplier relationships that comprise contract and project lifecycles, and risk management; ISG Generative AI; ISG Network Select to streamline and simplify how enterprises build their network solutions; HR technology and transformations; providers-as-a-business services; ISG Digital Engineering; ISG Research; and training-as-a-service. The company serves private sector clients operating in the manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, health sciences, energy and utilities, and consumer services industries; and public sector clients, including state and local governments, airport and transit authorities, and national and provincial government units. Information Services Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
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