Head to Head Contrast: Alpha Technology Group (NASDAQ:ATGL) vs. Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX)

Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX) and Alpha Technology Group (NASDAQ:ATGL) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Urgent.ly and Alpha Technology Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	1	1	1	0	2.00
Alpha Technology Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Urgent.ly currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. Given Urgent.ly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Alpha Technology Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Urgent.ly and Alpha Technology Group”s gross 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
Alpha Technology Group	$7.40 million	14.90	-$9.05 million	N/A	N/A

Alpha Technology Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Urgent.ly.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Volatility & Risk

Urgent.ly has a beta of -5.01, indicating that its share price is 601% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Technology Group has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Alpha Technology Group’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%
Alpha Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Urgent.ly beats Alpha Technology Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

URGENT.LY INC

About Alpha Technology Group

Alpha Technology Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based information technology services in Hong Kong. The company primarily offers cloud-based and customized customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning systems; web and mobile application development services; artificial intelligence powered optical character recognition services; and technological support and maintenance, and other services, such as maintaining and enhancing services for systems. It serves customers from various industries, including consulting, real estate, architectural design, carpark management, electronic payment services, logistics, investments, retail, textiles, wholesale and distribution, social services, etc. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.