Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) Competitors

Mastech Digital (NYSE:MHH) and Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts prefer MHH or IPM?

Intelligent Protection Management has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 197.03%. Given Intelligent Protection Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than Mastech Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mastech Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Intelligent Protection Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, MHH or IPM?

Mastech Digital has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MHH or IPM?

18.4% of Mastech Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Mastech Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MHH or IPM?

In the previous week, Intelligent Protection Management had 2 more articles in the media than Mastech Digital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Intelligent Protection Management and 1 mentions for Mastech Digital. Intelligent Protection Management's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Mastech Digital's score of -1.00 indicating that Intelligent Protection Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mastech Digital	Negative
Intelligent Protection Management	Positive

Is MHH or IPM more profitable?

Mastech Digital has a net margin of 1.71% compared to Intelligent Protection Management's net margin of -33.40%. Mastech Digital's return on equity of 8.20% beat Intelligent Protection Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mastech Digital	1.71%	8.20%	6.36%
Intelligent Protection Management	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MHH or IPM?

Mastech Digital received 21 more outperform votes than Intelligent Protection Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Intelligent Protection Management an outperform vote while only 95.65% of users gave Mastech Digital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mastech Digital	Outperform Votes 22 95.65%	Underperform Votes 1 4.35%
Intelligent Protection Management	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has better earnings and valuation, MHH or IPM?

Intelligent Protection Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mastech Digital. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastech Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mastech Digital	$200.44M	0.39	-$7.14M	$0.18	37.06
Intelligent Protection Management	$6.34M	2.94	-$1.07M	-$0.34	-5.94

Summary

Mastech Digital and Intelligent Protection Management tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.