Contrasting authID (NASDAQ:AUID) & Ubisoft Entertainment (OTCMKTS:UBSFY)

Ubisoft Entertainment (OTCMKTS:UBSFY) and authID (NASDAQ:AUID) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Ubisoft Entertainment has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, authID has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ubisoft Entertainment and authID’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ubisoft Entertainment	N/A	N/A	N/A
authID	-6,689.18%	-204.12%	-172.40%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ubisoft Entertainment and authID’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ubisoft Entertainment	$1.89 billion	1.36	-$514.56 million	N/A	N/A
authID	$190,000.00	470.51	-$19.40 million	N/A	N/A

authID has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ubisoft Entertainment.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ubisoft Entertainment and authID, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ubisoft Entertainment	0	2	4	0	2.67
authID	0	0	0	0	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Ubisoft Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of authID shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of authID shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About Ubisoft Entertainment

Ubisoft Entertainment SA produce, publishes, and distributes video games for consoles, PC, smartphones, and tablets in both physical and digital formats in Europe, North America, and internationally. The company designs and develops software, including scenarios, animation, gameplay, layouts, and game rules, as well as develops design tools and game engines. It is involved in the development in the area of online and mobile gaming; and film business. Ubisoft Entertainment SA was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Saint-Mandé, France.

About authID

authID Inc. provides secure, biometric, identity verification, and strong passwordless and biometric authentication for consumer and workforce applications worldwide. The company offers solutions through its Verified platform to enable their users to easily verify and authenticate their identity through a mobile device or desktop. It provides Biometric Identity Verification, which establishes the trusted identity of users based on a variety of ground truth sources, including chip-based electronic machine-readable travel documents, national IDs, and driver's licenses; Human Factor Authentication that delivers trusted FIDO2 strong authentication for device-based passwordless login and transaction authentication that is tied to a trusted identity; Cloud-Based Biometric Multi-Factor Authentication, which provides any bank, enterprise, or government department a secure and convenient application for identity verification and transaction consent as part of any type of electronic transaction; and Identity – Portal that enables enterprises to get started with its identity products without any integration. The company also offers SEARCH, a biometric matching software for desktop fingerprint capture and image processing. The company was formerly known as Ipsidy Inc. and changed its name to authID Inc. authID Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.