iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT – Get Free Report) and Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for iCoreConnect and Xperi, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| iCoreConnect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Xperi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.33 |
Xperi has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 105.63%. Given Xperi’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than iCoreConnect.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| iCoreConnect | $11.05 million | 0.26 | -$15.55 million | ($63.20) | -0.04 |
| Xperi | $508.56 million | 0.81 | -$136.61 million | ($1.90) | -4.86 |
iCoreConnect has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iCoreConnect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares iCoreConnect and Xperi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| iCoreConnect | -263.12% | -1,451.73% | -171.32% |
| Xperi | -16.72% | -7.03% | -4.14% |
Risk and Volatility
iCoreConnect has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
13.4% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.4% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Xperi 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.
Summary
Xperi beats iCoreConnect on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About iCoreConnect
iCoreConnect Inc., a cloud-based software and technology company, provides Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) in the United States. The company’s products include iCoreRx, a HIPAA compliant electronic prescription software; iCorePDMP, a solution that checks the patient’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) history before prescribing controlled substances; iCoreVerify and iCoreVerify+, a HIPAA compliant SaaS solution that automatically retrieves a patients insurance eligibility breakdown to verify their benefits in advance of their appointment and on-demand; iCoreHuddle and iCoreHuddle+, a tool to instantly reveal the revenue potential of each patient; and iCoreCodeGenius, a medical coding reference SaaS solution. It also offers iCoreExchange, a SaaS email solution that allows doctors to send and receive secure email with attachments to and from other healthcare professionals; iCoreCloud, ability to backup their on-premise servers and computers to the cloud; iCoreClaims, for processing and managing claims submitted by policyholders or dental care providers; iCorePay, a patient payment processing solutions for payment and revenue cycle tracking; iCoreSecure, secure SaaS solution that solves privacy concerns in the insurance, real estate, financial and many other industry sectors; and iCoreIT, an IT managed services. The company was formerly known as iMedicor, Inc. and changed its name to iCoreConnect Inc. in June 2017. iCoreConnect Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ocoee, Florida.
About Xperi
Xperi Inc. operates as a consumer and entertainment technology company worldwide. It offers Pay-TV solutions, including UX solutions that allows service providers to customize elements of the interactive program guide for their customers and to upgrade the programming features and services; IPTV, a cloud-based solution that supports various services and applications, such as TV programming, broadband OTT video content, digital music, photos, and other media experiences; managed IPTV service; video metadata and services; managed IPTV Service, a customizable, cloud-enabled, and end-to-end streaming video solution that enables operators to quickly launch a branded, fully compliant, full-featured Pay-TV service; metadata libraries comprising television, sports, movies, digital-first, celebrities, books, and video games; personalized content discovery, natural language voice, and insights; and TiVo DVR subscriptions, as well as technical support service. It also provides consumer electronics solutions, such as home and mobile audio solutions, and silicon and software solutions for edge inference; connected car solutions, including HD Radio and DTS AutoStage; and Media Platform that provides Vewd middleware solutions, TiVo OS, TiVo Stream 4K, connected TVs, and connected cars that leverage the TiVo OS, as well as advertising solutions. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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