Financial Contrast: Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) and Assa Abloy (OTCMKTS:ASAZY)

Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) and Assa Abloy (OTCMKTS:ASAZY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assa Abloy has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Guardforce AI and Assa Abloy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guardforce AI	$36.35 million	0.54	-$5.86 million	N/A	N/A
Assa Abloy	$14.20 billion	N/A	$1.48 billion	$0.68	25.88

Assa Abloy has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Guardforce AI and Assa Abloy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guardforce AI	0	0	1	1	3.50
Assa Abloy	0	3	0	0	2.00

Guardforce AI presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 305.41%. Given Guardforce AI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guardforce AI is more favorable than Assa Abloy.

Profitability

This table compares Guardforce AI and Assa Abloy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guardforce AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Assa Abloy	9.48%	14.16%	6.65%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Guardforce AI beats Assa Abloy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Guardforce AI

Guardforce AI Co., Limited offers cash solutions and cash handling services in Thailand. The company operates through four segments: Secured Logistics Business, General Security Solutions, Robotics Solution Business, and Information Security Business. Its services include cash-in-transit, vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, consolidate cash center, and cheque center services, as well as cash deposit machine solutions, such as cash deposit management and express cash services. The company also sells and rents robots; and sells and installs Rapid7 software, as well as provision of integrated alarm security system installation, PCI ASV scan, and penetration testing services. Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin manufacturing mints, and government authorities. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Singapore.

About Assa Abloy

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) provides door opening and access products, solutions, and services for the institutional, commercial, and residential markets in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania. The company provides digital access solutions, such as electronic access control ecosystem, wireless solutions, electronic key solutions, standalone access solutions, and wired solutions; swing, revolving, and sliding doors; mechanical products, including hinges, lever handles, mortise lockcases, euro profile cylinders, panic exit devices, door closers, floor spring, and general hardware; and doors. It offers Openings Studio, a building information modeling software ecosystem is collaboration tool for designing, documenting, and managing openings. The company provides its products primarily under the ASSA ABLOY, Yale, and HID brands. It sells its products through distributors and wholesalers. The company serves aviation, education, distribution and logistics, entertainment and public facility, finance and banking, government and military, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, office and enterprise, homes and residence, retail, shipyards, and transportation industries. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.