Analyzing Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST) and Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN)

Amesite (NASDAQ:AMST) and Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Amesite has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intellicheck has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.6% of Amesite shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Intellicheck shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Amesite shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Intellicheck shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amesite and Intellicheck’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amesite	$262,036.00	21.73	-$4.15 million	N/A	N/A
Intellicheck	$19.29 million	2.05	-$1.98 million	($0.05)	-40.60

Intellicheck has higher revenue and earnings than Amesite.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Amesite and Intellicheck, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amesite	0	0	0	0	N/A
Intellicheck	0	2	1	0	2.33

Intellicheck has a consensus price target of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 64.20%. Given Intellicheck’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intellicheck is more favorable than Amesite.

Profitability

This table compares Amesite and Intellicheck’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amesite	-1,598.47%	-86.32%	-82.41%
Intellicheck	-2.36%	-2.05%	-1.55%

Summary

Intellicheck beats Amesite on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amesite

Amesite Inc., an artificial intelligence driven platform and course designer, that provides online products in the United States. The company uses machine learning to offer a mass customized experience to learners. It serves businesses, universities and colleges, K-12 schools, museums, and non-profit organizations. Amesite Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

About Intellicheck

Intellicheck, Inc., a technology company, provides on-demand digital identity validation solutions for KYC, fraud, and age verification needs in North America. The company offers solutions for digital and physical identities for financial services, fintech companies, BNPL providers, e-commerce and retail commerce businesses, law enforcement, and government agencies. It provides identity systems products, including commercial identification products, such as Intellicheck Platform, an identity solution that checks whether an ID is valid, matches the ID to the person presenting it, and provides a risk score to determine the risk of doing business with that person; IDN-Portal, an Intellicheck-branded identity validation application that provides the ability to scan an ID using a mobile phone; IDN-Portal+ that offers document validation, retail POS integration, additional data for analytics and analysis, and online validation, and other features; IDN-Direct that provides access to additional data and the ability to use the platform's Risk Score capability to help with decision-making; and Intellicheck mobile app, which provides the ability to login and scan an ID. The company also offers State Aware Software solution, which provides or restricts information that is electronically scanned from an ID based on the electronic reading laws according to the state in which the ID is scanned; data collection devices that enable its software applications to be used on a variety of commercially available credit card terminals, PDAs, tablets, laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and point-of-sale terminals; and instant credit application kiosk software applications. It serves government, military, and commercial markets. The company was formerly known as Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc. and changed its name to Intellicheck, Inc. in May 2017. Intellicheck, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.