Critical Analysis: AppSwarm (OTCMKTS:SWRM) versus BlackBerry (NYSE:BB)

AppSwarm (OTCMKTS:SWRM) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for AppSwarm and BlackBerry, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AppSwarm	0	0	0	0	0.00
BlackBerry	0	7	1	0	2.13

BlackBerry has a consensus price target of $4.88, indicating a potential downside of 46.94%. Given BlackBerry’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than AppSwarm.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AppSwarm and BlackBerry”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AppSwarm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackBerry	$549.10 million	9.82	$53.20 million	$0.08	114.98

BlackBerry has higher revenue and earnings than AppSwarm.

Profitability

This table compares AppSwarm and BlackBerry’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AppSwarm	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackBerry	9.69%	10.09%	6.10%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

54.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BlackBerry beats AppSwarm on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AppSwarm

App Swarm, Inc., an application incubation company, engages in acquiring and marketing applications for various forms of mobile devices. The company enters into stock purchase agreement or royalty arrangement with application developers for their applications; and markets those applications by utilizing various forms of social marketing and traditional marketing, as well as through agreements with application stores. It also offers services for mobile application development across various phones, tablets, and other mobile platforms. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada with a satellite office in Washington, District of Columbia. As of February 11, 2013, App Swarm, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of MediaTechnics Corporation.

About BlackBerry

BlackBerry Limited provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Cybersecurity, IoT, and Licensing and Other. The company offers CylanceENDPOINT, an integrated endpoint security solution; CylanceGUARD, a managed detection and response solution; CylanceEDGE, an AI-powered continuous authentication zero trust network access solution; CylanceINTELLIGENCE, a contextual cyber threat intelligence service; BlackBerry Dynamics offers a development platform and secure container for mobile applications; BlackBerry Workspaces a secure Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) solution; BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Enterprise, an enterprise-grade secure instant messaging solution for messaging, voice and video; BlackBerry SecuSUITE is a certified, multi-OS voice and text messaging solution; BlackBerry AtHoc, a secure networked critical event management solution; and BlackBerry unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. It also provides BlackBerry Technology Solutions (BTS); BlackBerry Certicom, a patented elliptic curve cryptography, which provides device security, anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions; BlackBerry Radar offers monitoring and telematics solutions; BlackBerry Professional; and cyber security consulting services. In addition, the company is involved in the patent licensing and legacy service access fees business. The company was formerly known as Research In Motion Limited and changed its name to BlackBerry Limited in July 2013. BlackBerry Limited was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.