Head to Head Contrast: Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) and Liquid Holdings Group (OTCMKTS:LIQDQ)

Liquid Holdings Group (OTCMKTS:LIQDQ) and Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liquid Holdings Group and Atlassian”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liquid Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlassian	$4.36 billion	19.00	-$300.52 million	($1.34)	-235.82

Liquid Holdings Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlassian.

Profitability

This table compares Liquid Holdings Group and Atlassian’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liquid Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlassian	-7.22%	-17.37%	-3.70%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Liquid Holdings Group and Atlassian, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liquid Holdings Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Atlassian	0	8	16	0	2.67

Atlassian has a consensus target price of $319.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.18%. Given Atlassian’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atlassian is more favorable than Liquid Holdings Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.5% of Atlassian shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Liquid Holdings Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Atlassian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Liquid Holdings Group has a beta of -5.19, indicating that its share price is 619% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlassian has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Atlassian beats Liquid Holdings Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liquid Holdings Group

Liquid Holdings Group, Inc. is in the process of liquidation of its assets. Previously, it was engaged in the provision of cloud-based trading and portfolio management solutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

About Atlassian

Atlassian Corporation, through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, licenses, and maintains various software products worldwide. Its product portfolio includes Jira Software and Jira Work Management, a project management system that connects technical and business teams so they can better plan, organize, track and manage their work and projects; Confluence, a connected workspace that organizes knowledge across all teams to move work forward; and Trello, a collaboration and organization product that captures and adds structure to fluid and fast-forming work for teams. The company also offers Jira Service Management, an intuitive and flexible service desk product for creating and managing service experiences for various service team providers, such as IT, legal, and HR teams; and Jira Align, an Atlassian's enterprise agility solution designed to help businesses to adapt and respond dynamic business conditions with a focus on value-creation. In addition, it provides Bitbucket, an enterprise-ready Git solution that enables professional dev teams to manage, collaborate, and deploy quality code; Atlassian Access, an enterprise-wide product for enhanced security and centralized administration that works across every Atlassian cloud product; and Jira Product, a prioritization and road mapping tool. Further, the company's portfolio includes Atlas, a teamwork directory; Bamboo, a continuous delivery pipeline; Crowd, a single sign-on; Crucible, a collaborative code review; Fisheye, a search, track, and visualize code change software; and Compass, a developer experience platform. Additionally, it offers Opsgenie, an on-call and alert management software; Sourcetree, a free git client for windows and mac; Statuspage that communicates real-time status to users; Beacon, an intelligent threat detection software; and Atlassian Access that enhance data security and governance for Atlassian Cloud products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.