Head to Head Review: Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX) versus Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Urgent.ly and Vontier, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	1	1	1	0	2.00
Vontier	1	3	6	0	2.50

Urgent.ly presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. Vontier has a consensus target price of $42.38, indicating a potential upside of 42.91%. Given Vontier’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vontier is more favorable than Urgent.ly.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Vontier shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Urgent.ly has a beta of -5.01, meaning that its share price is 601% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Urgent.ly and Vontier”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$129.19 million	0.09	-$20.43 million	($13.82)	-0.40
Vontier	$3.08 billion	1.36	$406.10 million	$2.83	10.48

Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than Urgent.ly. Urgent.ly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vontier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Vontier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	-15.81%	N/A	-47.23%
Vontier	13.37%	37.88%	10.90%

Summary

Vontier beats Urgent.ly on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

URGENT.LY INC

About Vontier

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing. The Repair Solutions segment manufactures and distributes vehicle repair tools, toolboxes, automotive diagnostic equipment and software through mobile franchise network. The Environmental and Fueling Solutions segment offers environmental, fueling hardware, software, and aftermarket solutions for fueling infrastructures. It also offers a range of solutions, including environmental sensors; fueling equipment; field payment hardware; point-of sale, workflow, and monitoring software; vehicle tracking and fleet management; software solutions for EV charging; and vehicle mechanics, and technicians equipment. The company markets its products and services to retail and commercial fueling, convenience store, and car wash operators; commercial vehicle repair businesses, fleet owners/operators and electric vehicle charging network operators, as well as direct sales personnel and independent distributors. It serves customers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Vontier Corporation was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.