Comparing Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) & Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB)

Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) and Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Urgent.ly and Climb Global Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$127.93 million	0.09	-$20.43 million	($14.79)	-0.36
Climb Global Solutions	$652.52 million	0.65	$21.33 million	$1.16	19.78

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

Risk & Volatility

Urgent.ly has a beta of -1.57, indicating that its share price is 257% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Climb Global Solutions has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Climb Global Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	-15.81%	N/A	-47.38%
Climb Global Solutions	3.27%	21.86%	5.73%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urgent.ly shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Climb Global Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Urgent.ly and Climb Global Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	1	1	1	0	2.00
Climb Global Solutions	0	2	2	1	2.80

Urgent.ly currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Climb Global Solutions has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Given Climb Global Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Climb Global Solutions is more favorable than Urgent.ly.

Summary

Climb Global Solutions beats Urgent.ly on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly Inc. offers mobility assistance software platform for roadside assistance in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include car lockout, tire changes, towing, stuck in ditch and winch services, motorcycle towing, electric vehicle towing, jump start, and gas delivery. The company's software platform combines location-based services, real-time data, AI and machine-to-machine communication to provide roadside assistance solutions. It serves automotive, insurance, telematics, and other transportation-focused verticals. Urgent.ly Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About Climb Global Solutions

Climb Global Solutions Inc. operates as a value-added information technology (IT) distribution and solutions company in the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Distribution and Solutions. The company distributes technical software to corporate and value-added resellers, consultants, and systems integrators under the name Climb Channel Solutions; and provides cloud solutions and resells software, hardware, and services under the name Grey Matter. It also resells computer software and hardware developed by others, as well as provides technical services to end user customers. In addition, the company offers a line of products from various software vendors; and tools for virtualization/cloud computing, security, networking, storage and infrastructure management, application lifecycle management, and other technically sophisticated domains, as well as computer hardware. It markets its products through its own web sites, local and on-line seminars, events, webinars, and social media, as well as direct email and printed materials. The company was formerly known as Wayside Technology Group, Inc. and changed its name to Climb Global Solutions Inc. in October 2022. Climb Global Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey.