Financial Contrast: Minim (FIEE) vs. Its Competitors

Minim (NASDAQ:FIEE) is one of 958 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Minim to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Minim and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minim	$8.32 million	-$17.63 million	-0.76
Minim Competitors	$1.80 billion	$387.49 million	103.10

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

Risk & Volatility

Minim has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minim’s competitors have a beta of 1.19, suggesting that their average share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

56.6% of Minim shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of Minim shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Software” companies 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minim	-105.18%	-1,144.78%	-155.67%
Minim Competitors	-628.49%	26.25%	-9.06%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Minim and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minim	1	0	0	0	1.00
Minim Competitors	5509	21141	44138	1453	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 289.83%. Given Minim’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Minim has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Minim competitors beat Minim on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Minim Company Profile

Minim, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, delivers intelligent networking products that connects homes and offices in North America and internationally. It offers hardware products, including cable modems, cable modem/routers, gateways, mobile broadband modems, wireless routers, routers, multimedia over coax adapters, mesh home networking devices, mesh systems, and other local area network products. The company also provides Minim mobile applications for end users to personalize and monitor their home and office network for speed testing, data usage tracking, security alerts, malware blocking, privacy settings, and parental controls; and Minim web application that enables technical support representatives of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and businesses to offer remote support with network insights. In addition, it offers Minim API suite and MinimOS for third-party hardware vendors, ISPs, and other partners to integrate with the Minim platform and functionality; to manage its account data; and to integrate with third-party router firmware. The company offers its products under the ZOOM, Motorola, and Minim brands. It sells its products through retailers and e-commerce channels. The company was formerly known as ZoomTelephonics, Inc. and changed its name to Minim, Inc. in June 2021. Minim, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire.