Critical Analysis: TSS (TSSI) versus Its Rivals

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.6% of shares of all “Management consulting services” companies are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of TSS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of shares of all “Management consulting services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

TSS has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS’s competitors have a beta of -1.15, indicating that their average share price is 215% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares TSS and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TSS	3.59%	87.89%	11.84%
TSS Competitors	-31.90%	-27.95%	-10.28%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TSS and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TSS	$122.53 million	$70,000.00	66.56
TSS Competitors	$1.64 billion	$105.06 million	-0.46

TSS’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than TSS. TSS is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

TSS beats its competitors on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

TSS Company Profile

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.