Critical Survey: Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC) & SciPlay (NASDAQ:SCPL)

Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC – Get Rating) and SciPlay (NASDAQ:SCPL – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beyond Commerce and SciPlay’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Commerce	$4.24 million	0.77	-$9.16 million	N/A	N/A
SciPlay	$671.00 million	3.15	$22.40 million	$0.93	18.12

SciPlay has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Commerce.

Risk and Volatility

Beyond Commerce has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SciPlay has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Beyond Commerce and SciPlay, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Commerce	0	0	0	0	N/A
SciPlay	1	4	4	0	2.33

SciPlay has a consensus target price of $16.95, suggesting a potential upside of 0.59%. Given SciPlay’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SciPlay is more favorable than Beyond Commerce.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond Commerce and SciPlay’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Commerce	-32.60%	N/A	-25.70%
SciPlay	3.34%	3.84%	2.99%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.6% of SciPlay shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Beyond Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SciPlay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SciPlay beats Beyond Commerce on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beyond Commerce

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Beyond Commerce, Inc. operates as a provider of internet marketing analytics, technologies and services. Its focus is to develop, acquire, and deploy disruptive strategic software technology and market-changing business models through organic growth and acquisitions. The firm portfolio of companies includes: Service 800 and PathUX. The company was founded on January 12, 2006 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

About SciPlay

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SciPlay Corp. engages in the development and publishing of digital games on mobile and web platforms. It offers social casino games that include Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, Quick Hit Slots, Monopoly Slots, and 88 Fortunes Slots and casual games, which include Bingo Showdown, and Solitaire Pets Adventure. The company was founded on November 30, 2018 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.