Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM – Get Free Report) is one of 273 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Intelligent Protection Management to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | -14.80% | -21.13% | -13.41% |
| Intelligent Protection Management Competitors | -189.50% | -36.20% | -8.50% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Intelligent Protection Management and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Intelligent Protection Management Competitors | 1982 | 5641 | 9413 | 345 | 2.47 |
As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.20%. Given Intelligent Protection Management’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Intelligent Protection Management and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Intelligent Protection Management | $25.19 million | -$1.96 million | -5.54 |
| Intelligent Protection Management Competitors | $3.31 billion | $226.41 million | -26.81 |
Intelligent Protection Management’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Protection Management. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Volatility & Risk
Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management’s peers have a beta of 2.13, suggesting that their average stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Intelligent Protection Management peers beat Intelligent Protection Management on 9 of the 13 factors compared.
About Intelligent Protection Management
Intelligent Protection Management Corp. engages in the development of communications software to enhance security and privacy solutions for multimedia communication and data transmission. Its solutions include blockchain strategy consulting, blockchain implementation, white label video solutions, and technology licensing. The firm’s product portfolio includes Paltalk and Camfrog. The company was founded by Clifford Lerner and Darrell Lerner on July 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Jericho, NY.
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