Critical Comparison: Cycurion (CYCU) versus Its Rivals

Cycurion (NASDAQ:CYCU) is one of 271 public companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Cycurion to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Cycurion and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cycurion	-98.83%	-98.55%	-46.19%
Cycurion Competitors	-191.32%	-32.18%	-8.63%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cycurion and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cycurion	$14.40 million	-$23.67 million	-0.09
Cycurion Competitors	$3.32 billion	$227.67 million	-20.86

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.6% of Cycurion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Cycurion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Cycurion has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cycurion’s rivals have a beta of 2.16, meaning that their average share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Cycurion and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cycurion	1	1	1	0	2.00
Cycurion Competitors	1991	5645	9449	342	2.47

Cycurion presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 2,400.00%. As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 31.29%. Given Cycurion’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cycurion is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Cycurion rivals beat Cycurion on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

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.