Analyzing Unitronix (OTCMKTS:UTRX) & Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Unitronix (OTCMKTS:UTRX) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Unitronix and Microsoft, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unitronix	0	0	0	0	0.00
Microsoft	0	2	29	1	2.97

Microsoft has a consensus target price of $612.54, suggesting a potential upside of 20.13%. Given Microsoft’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Microsoft is more favorable than Unitronix.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

71.1% of Microsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of Unitronix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Microsoft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unitronix	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Microsoft	$281.72 billion	13.45	$101.83 billion	$13.64	37.38

Microsoft has higher revenue and earnings than Unitronix.

Profitability

This table compares Unitronix and Microsoft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unitronix	N/A	N/A	N/A
Microsoft	36.15%	32.44%	18.20%

Risk and Volatility

Unitronix has a beta of 6.85, suggesting that its share price is 585% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microsoft has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Microsoft beats Unitronix on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Unitronix

Unitronix Corporation, a software development and services company, provides knowledge based tools to the mineral exploration industry. It offers PRAXA, which is used to manage sales, distribution, manufacturing, and accounting functions of manufacturing and distribution companies; and GEO-SLEUTH, which automates the early stages of grass roots mineral exploration. The company also explores for gold and base metal properties. Unitronix Corporation was founded in 1975 and is based in Marlton, New Jersey. Unitronix Corporation is a subsidiary of Istamar Holdings.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment offers server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.