Comparing Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) and Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN)

Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) and Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Ituran Location and Control and Cycurion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ituran Location and Control	16.23%	27.68%	16.11%
Cycurion	-112.73%	-186.09%	-62.96%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Ituran Location and Control and Cycurion, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ituran Location and Control	0	0	2	0	3.00
Cycurion	1	0	0	0	1.00

Ituran Location and Control presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Ituran Location and Control’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Cycurion.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ituran Location and Control and Cycurion”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ituran Location and Control	$336.26 million	N/A	$53.65 million	$2.84	15.30
Cycurion	$17.77 million	0.59	$1.23 million	($23.52)	-0.12

Ituran Location and Control has higher revenue and earnings than Cycurion. Cycurion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ituran Location and Control, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Cycurion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ituran Location and Control beats Cycurion on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ituran Location and Control

Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. It operates through two segments, Telematics Services and Telematics Products. The Telematics services segment offers stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which enables to locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. This segment also delivers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, a service platform that includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for IOS and Android users, and interface using the car infotainment screen, as well as usage based insurance and auto financing services. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. The Telematics Products segment offers Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Azor, Israel.

About Cycurion

Cycurion is a global leading provider of Network Communications and Information Technology Security Solutions. Our mission is to develop and deliver world-class, cutting-edge solutions for our clients, regardless of size or complication, expressly optimizing your IT environment to meet the business need and to keep projects on track and on budget.