Financial Survey: NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) versus ON24 (NYSE:ONTF)

NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK – Get Rating) and ON24 (NYSE:ONTF – Get Rating) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NetSol Technologies and ON24’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NetSol Technologies	$52.15 million	0.50	-$850,000.00	($0.21)	-11.04
ON24	$190.87 million	1.71	-$58.21 million	($1.26)	-5.64

NetSol Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ON24. NetSol Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ON24, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares NetSol Technologies and ON24’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetSol Technologies	-4.48%	-5.12%	-3.55%
ON24	-32.53%	-17.04%	-12.35%

Risk and Volatility

NetSol Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ON24 has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for NetSol Technologies and ON24, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetSol Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
ON24	0	4	0	0	2.00

ON24 has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.65%. Given ON24’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ON24 is more favorable than NetSol Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.6% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of ON24 shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of ON24 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About NetSol Technologies

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NetSol Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of information technology and enterprise software solutions. It also engages in licensing, customization, enhancement, and maintenance of financial applications under the brand name NFS and NFS Ascent. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company was founded by Najeeb Ullah Ghauri, Salim Ghauri Ullah, and Naeem Ullah Ghauri on March 18, 1997 and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.

About ON24

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ON24, Inc. provides a cloud-based digital experience platform that enables businesses to convert customer engagement into revenue through interactive webinar, virtual event, and multimedia content experiences worldwide. The company provides ON24 Experience products, such as ON24 Elite, a live and interactive webinar experience; ON24 Breakouts, a live breakout room experience that facilitates networking, collaboration and interactivity between users; ON24 Go Live, a live, interactive video event experience that enables presenters and attendees to engage face-to-face in real-time; ON24 Virtual Confrence, a live and large scale virtual event experience; ON24 Engagement Hub, a rich multimedia content experience; and ON24 Target, a personalized and curated rich multimedia content experience, as well as solutions; ON24 Intelligence, an analytics backbone that captures first-person data to power the insights, benchmarking, reporting, and artificial intelligence and machine learning engine; and ON24 Connect, an ecosystem of third-party application integrations. It also offers professional services, such as experience management, monitoring, premium support, and implementation and other services. The company sells its products through direct sales. It serves technology, financial services, healthcare, industrial and manufacturing, professional services, and business-to-business information service industries. The company was formerly known as NewsDirect, Inc. and changed its name to ON24, Inc. in December 1998. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.