Financial Review: TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) vs. WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY)

TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) and WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

TaskUs has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WISeKey International has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for TaskUs and WISeKey International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TaskUs	2	4	2	0	2.00
WISeKey International	0	0	2	0	3.00

TaskUs currently has a consensus price target of $14.13, indicating a potential downside of 12.54%. WISeKey International has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 132.02%. Given WISeKey International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WISeKey International is more favorable than TaskUs.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of WISeKey International shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of TaskUs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of WISeKey International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares TaskUs and WISeKey International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TaskUs	5.23%	16.61%	8.39%
WISeKey International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TaskUs and WISeKey International’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TaskUs	$924.36 million	1.54	$45.69 million	$0.51	31.67
WISeKey International	$30.92 million	0.47	-$15.36 million	N/A	N/A

TaskUs has higher revenue and earnings than WISeKey International.

Summary

TaskUs beats WISeKey International on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TaskUs

TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including experience and customer care services for new product or market launches, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also provides trust and safety solutions, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated visual, text, and audio content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content, as well as risk management, compliance, identity management, and fraud services; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, technology, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.

About WISeKey International

WISeKey International Holding AG, a cybersecurity company, provides integrated security solutions in Switzerland, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, IoT and Managed Public Key Infrastructure (mPKI). It offers microcontrollers that provides identity to various connected devices; and mPKI, which include digital identity, certificate management and signing solutions, and trust services, as well as offers digital certificates; software as a service, including cloud-based certificate life-cycle-management and signing and authentication solutions; software licenses; post-contract customer support for cybersecurity applications; and infrastructure hosting and monitoring services. The company also develops, markets, hosts, and supports a range of solutions that enable secure digital identification of people, content, and objects by generating digital identities through its products and services in cybersecurity services, IoT, digital brand management, and mobile security, which enable clients to monetize their existing user bases, as well as expand its eco-system. In addition, it engages in financing, sales, and distribution activities; and sells semiconductors secure chips. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.