Reviewing IMPINJ (PI) and Supercom (SPCB)

IMPINJ (NYSE: PI) and Supercom (NASDAQ:SPCB) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.9% of Supercom shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 recent ratings and recommmendations for IMPINJ and Supercom, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IMPINJ	0	2	5	0	2.71
Supercom	0	1	1	0	2.50

IMPINJ presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.29%. Supercom has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.61%. Given Supercom’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Supercom is more favorable than IMPINJ.

Profitability

This table compares IMPINJ and Supercom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IMPINJ	-2.86%	-3.11%	-2.34%
Supercom	-8.81%	-7.23%	-4.87%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares IMPINJ and Supercom’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IMPINJ	$130.51 million	5.40	$1.58 million	N/A	N/A
Supercom	$24.97 million	1.96	-$18.90 million	N/A	N/A

IMPINJ has higher revenue and earnings than Supercom.

Summary

IMPINJ beats Supercom on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IMPINJ

Impinj, Inc. is a provider of RAIN radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions. The Company sells a platform that includes endpoint integrated circuits (ICs), reader ICs, readers and gateways that enable wireless connectivity to everyday items, and software that delivers Item Intelligence from endpoint reads. The Impinj Platform connects billions of everyday items, such as apparel, medical supplies, automobile parts, drivers’ licenses, food and luggage to applications, such as inventory management, patient safety, asset tracking and item authentication, delivering real-time information to businesses about items they create, manage, transport and sell. The Impinj Platform wirelessly delivers information about these items’ identity, location and authenticity, or Item Intelligence, to the digital world.

About Supercom

SuperCom Ltd is a provider of traditional and digital identity solutions, providing safety, identification, tracking and security products to governments, and private and public organizations throughout the world. Through its e-government platforms and solutions for traditional and biometrics enrollment, personalization, issuance and border control services, the Company enables governments and national agencies to design and issue multi-identification documents and digital identity solutions to their citizens and visitors. Its Machine to Machine solutions identify, track and monitor people or objects in real time, enabling its customers to detect unauthorized movement of people, vehicles and other monitored objects. Its SFS products and solutions include SuperPay Suite, PureMoney Suite, SuperPOS, SafeMoney for Smartphones and PowaPOS. Its other offerings include RFID and Mobile PureRF suite, domestic violence victim protection system and PureProtect application, among others.