Head-To-Head Comparison: Astea International (OTCMKTS:ATEA) and Digital Turbine (NASDAQ:APPS)

Astea International (OTCMKTS:ATEA) and Digital Turbine (NASDAQ:APPS) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.7% of Digital Turbine shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Astea International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Digital Turbine shares are owned 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Astea International and Digital Turbine”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astea International	$27.47 million	1.69	$360,000.00	N/A	N/A
Digital Turbine	$565.25 million	2.30	-$37.73 million	($0.26)	-41.31

Astea International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Digital Turbine.

Volatility and Risk

Astea International has a beta of -0.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Turbine has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Astea International and Digital Turbine, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Astea International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Digital Turbine	1	1	4	0	2.50

Digital Turbine has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 37.34%. Given Digital Turbine’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Digital Turbine is more favorable than Astea International.

Profitability

This table compares Astea International and Digital Turbine’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Astea International	-7.77%	-6.85%	-12.99%
Digital Turbine	-4.46%	38.34%	8.27%

Summary

Digital Turbine beats Astea International on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Astea International

Astea International Inc. develops, markets, and supports service management software solutions worldwide. It offers Astea Alliance, a service management software that addresses the service lifecycle applications, including lead generation, project quotation, service and billing, and asset retirement; and integrates and optimizes business processes for campaigns, call center, depot repair, field service, logistics, projects, and sales and order processing applications. The company also provides FieldCentrix Enterprise suite, a service management solution that runs on various mobile devices; and integrates with customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning applications. In addition, it supports deployments in on-premise, as well as cloud environments by leveraging a multi-tenant architecture; and provides infrastructure tools and services, as well as consulting, implementation, training, and maintenance services. The company's products are used in information technology, medical devices and diagnostic systems, industrial controls and instrumentation, retail/point-of-sale equipment, office automation equipment, imaging systems, fire and security, gaming/leisure equipment, facilities management, and telecommunications, and other related industries with equipment sales and service requirements. Astea International Inc. markets its products through a network of direct and indirect sales and services offices; and distributors consisting of value-added resellers, system integrators, and sales agents, as well as original equipment manufacturing partners. The company was formerly known as Applied System Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Astea International Inc. in 1992. Astea International Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

About Digital Turbine

Digital Turbine, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a mobile growth platform for advertisers, publishers, carriers, and device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company operates through two segments, On Device Solutions and App Growth Platform. Its application media platform delivers mobile applications to various publishers, carriers, OEMs, and devices; and content media platform offers news, weather, sports, and other content, as well as programmatic advertising and media content delivery services, and sponsored and editorial content media. The company also provides direct campaign management products, such as the DT DSP and DT Offer Wall; ad monetization solutions allow mobile app publishers and developers to monetize their monthly active users via display, native, and video advertising; brands and agencies runs mobile brand-awareness campaigns on the direct mobile app inventory; and app developers and other performance-focused advertisers execute mobile user acquisition campaigns for their apps and products. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, China, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.