Sterling Check (NASDAQ:STER) and Cyberloq Technologies (NASDAQ:CLOQ) Financial Review

Sterling Check (NASDAQ:STER) and Cyberloq Technologies (NASDAQ:CLOQ) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sterling Check and Cyberloq Technologies’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Check	$719.64 million	2.08	-$120,000.00	N/A	N/A
Cyberloq Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cyberloq Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sterling Check.

Profitability

This table compares Sterling Check and Cyberloq Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Check	-0.02%	9.47%	4.91%
Cyberloq Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.3% of Sterling Check shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Sterling Check shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Sterling Check and Cyberloq Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Check	0	5	1	0	2.17
Cyberloq Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Sterling Check presently has a consensus target price of $15.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.20%. Given Sterling Check’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sterling Check is more favorable than Cyberloq Technologies.

Summary

Sterling Check beats Cyberloq Technologies on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sterling Check

Sterling Check Corp. provides technology-enabled background and identity verification services in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers identity verification services, such as telecom and device verification, identification document verification, facial recognition with biometric matching, social security number verification, and live video chat identification proofing; fingerprinting; background checks, including criminal record checks, sex offender registries, civil court records, motor vehicle and driving license records, executive investigations, credit reports, social media searches, and contingent workforce solutions; liens, judgments, and bankruptcies; and sanctions, risk, and compliance checks. It also provides credential verification services, which include employment verification, education verification, credential verification, professional reference checks, and department of transportation; drug and health screening; onboarding solutions, including Sterling I-9 that integrates a suite of screening and onboarding services and onboarding forms; and workforce, medical license, and motor vehicle records monitoring solutions. The company's services are delivered through its cloud-based technology platform that empowers organizations with real-time and data-driven insights to conduct and manage their employment screening programs. It serves a client base in a range of industries, such as healthcare, gig economy, financial and business services, industrials, retail, contingent, technology, media and entertainment, transportation and logistics, hospitality, education, and government. The company was formerly known as Sterling Ultimate Parent Corp. and changed its name to Sterling Check Corp. in August 2021. Sterling Check Corp. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

About Cyberloq Technologies

Cyberloq Technologies, Inc., a development-stage technology company, focuses on fraud prevention and credit management in the United States. It provides CyberloQ, a banking fraud prevention technology for institutional clients to combat fraudulent transactions and unauthorized access to customer accounts; and TurnScor, a web-based proprietary software platform, which allows customers to monitor and manage their credit from the privacy of their own homes, as well as CyberloQ Vault, a cloud based security protocol that allows clients the ability to send/receive secure data without having to use traditional email that is prone to a breach. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Venice, Florida.