Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) vs. Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI) Head-To-Head Comparison

Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) and Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Guardforce AI and Resideo Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guardforce AI	1	0	1	0	2.00
Resideo Technologies	1	1	2	1	2.60

Guardforce AI presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 425.21%. Resideo Technologies has a consensus target price of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Guardforce AI’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guardforce AI is more favorable than Resideo Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Guardforce AI and Resideo Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guardforce AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Resideo Technologies	-8.85%	14.96%	4.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Guardforce AI and Resideo Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guardforce AI	$36.35 million	0.42	-$5.86 million	N/A	N/A
Resideo Technologies	$6.76 billion	0.69	$116.00 million	($4.68)	-6.65

Resideo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.

Volatility & Risk

Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resideo Technologies has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Resideo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Resideo Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Resideo Technologies beats Guardforce AI on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Guardforce AI

Guardforce AI Co., Limited offers cash solutions and cash handling services in Thailand. The company operates through four segments: Secured Logistics Business, General Security Solutions, Robotics Solution Business, and Information Security Business. Its services include cash-in-transit, vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, consolidate cash center, and cheque center services, as well as cash deposit machine solutions, such as cash deposit management and express cash services. The company also sells and rents robots; and sells and installs Rapid7 software, as well as provision of integrated alarm security system installation, PCI ASV scan, and penetration testing services. Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin manufacturing mints, and government authorities. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Singapore.

About Resideo Technologies

Resideo Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells comfort, energy management, and safety and security solutions to the commercial and residential end markets in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Solutions, and ADI Global Distribution. The Products and Solutions segment provides temperature and humidity control, thermal and combustion solutions, water and indoor air quality solutions, energy products and solutions, water and air solutions, smoke and carbon monoxide detection home safety and fire suppression, security panels, sensors, peripherals, wire and cable, communications devices, video cameras, other home-related lifestyle convenience solutions, cloud infrastructure, installation and maintenance tools, and related software products under the Honeywell Home brand as well as Resideo, Braukmann, First Alert, and BRK brands. The ADI Global Distribution segment engages in the distribution of security, fire, access control, and video products; and participates in the broader related markets of smart home, power, audio, ProAV, networking, communications, data communications, wire and cable, enterprise connectivity, and structured wiring products. The company sells its products and services through a network of professional contractors, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as retail and online merchants. Resideo Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.