Universal Security Instruments (UUU) Competitors

Scienture (NASDAQ:SCNX) and Universal Security Instruments (NYSE:UUU) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SCNX or UUU?

5.7% of Scienture shares are held by institutional investors. 49.7% of Scienture shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Universal Security Instruments 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SCNX or UUU?

Scienture has a beta of 2.88, suggesting that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Security Instruments has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SCNX or UUU?

In the previous week, Scienture had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Security Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Scienture and 1 mentions for Universal Security Instruments. Scienture's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Universal Security Instruments' score of 0.00 indicating that Scienture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scienture	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Universal Security Instruments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SCNX or UUU?

Scienture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Security Instruments.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scienture	$140K	186.49	$9.07M	N/A	N/A
Universal Security Instruments	$22.17M	0.36	-$400K	-$0.56	-6.17

Is SCNX or UUU more profitable?

Universal Security Instruments has a net margin of -5.77% compared to Scienture's net margin of -10,364.22%. Scienture's return on equity of -22.57% beat Universal Security Instruments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scienture	-10,364.22%	-22.57%	-18.12%
Universal Security Instruments	-5.77%	-27.30%	-12.88%

Summary

Scienture beats Universal Security Instruments on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.