Critical Survey: Duos Technologies Group (NASDAQ:DUOT) versus Twilio (NYSE:TWLO)

Duos Technologies Group (NASDAQ:DUOT) and Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.6% of Duos Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Twilio shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Duos Technologies Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Twilio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Duos Technologies Group has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twilio has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Duos Technologies Group and Twilio’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duos Technologies Group	158.99%	-11.88%	-9.85%
Twilio	20.61%	5.09%	4.15%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Duos Technologies Group and Twilio, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duos Technologies Group	0	2	2	0	2.50
Twilio	1	1	22	3	3.00

Duos Technologies Group currently has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 179.68%. Twilio has a consensus price target of $249.68, indicating a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Duos Technologies Group’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Duos Technologies Group is more favorable than Twilio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Duos Technologies Group and Twilio”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Duos Technologies Group	$27.02 million	9.51	-$9.84 million	$0.99	8.85
Twilio	$5.07 billion	7.04	$33.83 million	$7.18	32.35

Twilio has higher revenue and earnings than Duos Technologies Group. Duos Technologies Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Twilio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Twilio beats Duos Technologies Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Duos Technologies Group

Duos Technologies Group, Inc. designs, develops, deploys, and operates intelligent technology solutions in North America. The company provides solutions, such as Centraco, an enterprise information management software platform that consolidates data and events from multiple sources into a unified and distributive user interface; and truevue360, an integrated platform to develop and deploy artificial intelligence algorithms, including machine learning, computer vision, object detection, and deep neural network-based processing for real-time applications. Its proprietary applications include Railcar Inspection Portal that provides freight and transit railroad customers and select government agencies the ability to conduct fully automated railcar inspections of trains while they are moving at full speed. It also develops Automated Logistics Information System, which automates gatehouse operations, as well as develops solutions for rail, trucking, aviation, and other vehicle-based processes. In addition, the company provides consulting services, including consulting and auditing; software licensing with optional hardware sales; customer service training; and maintenance support. The company operates its services under the duostech brand. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

About Twilio

Twilio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides customer engagement platform solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Twilio Communications and Twilio Segment. The company provides various application programming interfaces and software solutions for communications between customers and end users, including messaging, voice, email, flex, marketing campaigns, and user identity and authentication. It also offers software products to build direct, personalized relationships with their end users, such as segment, a platform that provides tools for first-party data by unifying real-time information collected; and engage, an automation platform for the delivery of omnichannel campaigns. Twilio Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.