Contrasting MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) & Kuboo (OTCMKTS:SGTB)

Kuboo (OTCMKTS:SGTB) and MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Kuboo and MSCI, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kuboo	0	0	0	0	0.00
MSCI	0	6	9	0	2.60

MSCI has a consensus price target of $631.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Given MSCI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSCI is more favorable than Kuboo.

Profitability

This table compares Kuboo and MSCI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kuboo	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSCI	43.06%	-162.06%	21.32%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of MSCI shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Kuboo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of MSCI shares are held 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kuboo and MSCI”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kuboo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSCI	$2.80 billion	16.73	$1.15 billion	$15.23	39.29

MSCI has higher revenue and earnings than Kuboo.

Risk and Volatility

Kuboo has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSCI has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MSCI beats Kuboo on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kuboo

Kuboo, Inc., doing business as Safe Communications, Inc., provides open and secure family communications. It operates a child safe virtual world that offers games, edutainment, controlled chat, and multiple channels online streaming in one platform. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About MSCI

MSCI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides critical decision support tools and solutions for the investment community to manage investment processes worldwide. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed financial product, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, and over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, application, an integrated view of risk and return service, and an analysis of market, credit, liquidity, counterparty, and climate risk across asset classes; managed services, including consolidation of client portfolio data, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting; and HedgePlatform to measure, evaluate, and monitor the risk of hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment provides products and services that help institutional investors understand how ESG impacts the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments; and data, ratings, research, and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation. The All Other Private Assets segment includes real estate and infrastructure data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights; business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers; and offers investment decision support tools for private capital. The Private Capital Solutions segment offers tools to help private asset investors across mission-critical workflows, such as sourcing terms and conditions, evaluating operating performance, managing risk and other activities supporting private capital investing. MSCI Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.