Financial Comparison: BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI) and Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY)

Casio Computer (OTCMKTS:CSIOY) and BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of BIO-key International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Casio Computer and BIO-key International, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casio Computer	0	0	0	0	0.00
BIO-key International	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares Casio Computer and BIO-key International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casio Computer	4.89%	4.06%	2.68%
BIO-key International	-70.23%	-73.33%	-43.89%

Risk and Volatility

Casio Computer has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BIO-key International has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Casio Computer and BIO-key International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casio Computer	$1.72 billion	1.20	$53.22 million	$3.71	23.35
BIO-key International	$6.93 million	1.15	-$4.30 million	($1.04)	-0.71

Casio Computer has higher revenue and earnings than BIO-key International. BIO-key International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casio Computer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Casio Computer beats BIO-key International on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Casio Computer

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. develops, produces, and sells consumer, system equipment, and other products. The company operates in Timepieces, Consumer, System Equipment, and Other segments. It offers timepieces, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, handheld terminals, cash registers, management support systems, data projectors, formed parts, and molds products. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About BIO-key International

BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.