Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ:SONM) and Amber International (NASDAQ:AMBR) Head to Head Comparison

Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ:SONM) and Amber International (NASDAQ:AMBR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sonim Technologies and Amber International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sonim Technologies	$93.63 million	0.04	-$20.66 million	($8.02)	-0.35
Amber International	$66.09 million	2.78	$3.75 million	$0.01	194.70

Amber International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sonim Technologies. Sonim Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amber International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.3% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Amber International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sonim Technologies and Amber International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonim Technologies	N/A	N/A	-40.82%
Amber International	-0.27%	1.07%	0.42%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Sonim Technologies and Amber International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sonim Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Amber International	1	0	1	0	2.00

Risk and Volatility

Sonim Technologies has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amber International has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amber International beats Sonim Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sonim Technologies

Sonim Technologies, Inc. provides ruggedized mobile phones and accessories for task workers. The company offers ruggedized mobile phones, such as Sonim XP10, Sonim XP5plus, Sonim XP3plus, and Sonim XP Pro; Sonim mobile hotspot; industrial-grade accessories. It sells its mobile phones and accessories primarily to wireless carriers in the United States and Canada; and sells wireless carrier channels through distribution channels in North America and Europe. The company serves transportation and logistics, construction, manufacturing, facilities management, energy and utility, mining, and public safety sectors. The company was formerly known as NaviSpin.com, Inc. and changed its name to Sonim Technologies, Inc. in December 2001. Sonim Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Amber International

iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides online marketing services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally. It offers iAudience, an audience identification solution that allows marketers to search, identify, and customize their targeted audience to generate or enhance brand awareness; iAccess and iActivation, an audience engagement and activation solution tailored for brand awareness-driven and performance-driven campaigns; iExpress, the lite version of iAccess solution for small and medium-sized enterprises; iNsights, an online campaign results monitoring and measurement solution; and iExperience, a content creation solution. The company also provides mobile marketing solutions, which are non-search engine marketing solutions to identify, engage, and activate audience on mobile apps, as well as monitor and measure the results of online marketing activities on such channels; and other solutions that focuses on identifying, engaging, and activating audience on non-mobile app content distribution channels comprising PC banner displays, PC video advertisements, and search engine marketing. In addition, it offers enterprise solutions that help clients collate information from various consumer touchpoints and integrate them into a single data management platform to drive sales and marketing decisions to new retail, online education, real estate, and other sectors. The company sells its solutions by entering into sales contracts with entities or marketing agencies, including marketing campaign contracts. It has a strategic collaboration with Tencent International Business Group to co-develop Smart Retail and Smart Travel SaaS solutions. The company was formerly known as Optimix Media Asia Limited and changed its name to iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited in March 2017. iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.