Analyzing TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) & ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock (NASDAQ:CHRN)

ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock (NASDAQ:CHRN) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock and TSS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock	-135.66%	-66.16%	-18.14%
TSS	7.44%	19.22%	8.46%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock and TSS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock	1	1	2	0	2.25
TSS	0	2	1	0	2.33

ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 95.35%. TSS has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.10%. Given ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock is more favorable than TSS.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.4% of ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of TSS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock and TSS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock	$12.80 million	122.31	-$50.32 million	($4.32)	-2.49
TSS	$245.72 million	0.77	$15.12 million	$0.48	13.96

TSS has higher revenue and earnings than ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock. ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TSS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

TSS beats ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ChronoScale Corporation Common Stock

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. designs, develops, sells, and rents exoskeleton products in the Americas, Germany, Poland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates in two segments, EksoHealth and EksoWorks. The EksoHealth segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets exoskeletons for applications in the medical markets. The EksoWorks segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets exoskeleton devices to allow able-bodied users to perform difficult repetitive work for extended periods. The company provides EksoNR, a wearable bionic suit and rehabilitation device that assists physical therapists and physicians to treat patients with acquired brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury; Ekso Indego Therapy, an adjustable and lower-limb powered exoskeleton; Ekso Indego Personal, a powered lower limb orthosis; Ekso Nomad, a power knee ankle foot orthosis; and Ekso EV, a wearable upper body exoskeleton that elevates and supports a worker's arms to assist with tasks from chest height to overhead. Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Rafael, California.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.