Financial Comparison: Endava (NYSE:DAVA) vs. Culture Medium (OTCMKTS:UPIN)

Culture Medium (OTCMKTS:UPIN) and Endava (NYSE:DAVA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Culture Medium and Endava’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Culture Medium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Endava	1.34%	5.66%	3.64%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Culture Medium and Endava, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Culture Medium	0	0	0	0	0.00
Endava	1	7	3	0	2.18

Endava has a consensus target price of $16.43, indicating a potential upside of 154.31%. Given Endava’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Endava is more favorable than Culture Medium.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Culture Medium and Endava”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Culture Medium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Endava	$999.23 million	0.36	$27.45 million	$0.20	32.30

Endava has higher revenue and earnings than Culture Medium.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.2% of Endava shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of Endava shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Culture Medium has a beta of -2.59, meaning that its stock price is 359% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endava has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Endava beats Culture Medium on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Culture Medium

Universal Power Industry Corporation designs, imports, and wholesales apparel under the Indigo People brand. It also identifies and acquires residential land for the development, as well as light income-producing commercial properties; and distributes fire suppression products. The company was formerly known as Code Navy and changed its name to Universal Power Industry Corporation in April 2016. Universal Power Industry Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Great Neck, New York.

About Endava

Endava plc provides technology services for clients in the consumer products, healthcare, mobility, and retail verticals in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers ideation and production services in the payments and financial services, telecommunications, media, and technology verticals; and business analysis, data analytics, program management, digital product strategy, private equity value enhancement, IT strategy, architecture, extended reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence, product design, and user experience and visual design services. The company also provides automated testing, cloud native software engineering, continuous delivery, distributed agile delivery, intelligent automation, secure development, agile applications management, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, service delivery, smart desk, telemetry and monitoring, organizational optimization, and transaction advisory services. Endava plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.