Analyzing Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSVD) & Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC)

Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and Pcs Edventures!.Com (OTCMKTS:PCSVD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.9% of Pcs Edventures!.Com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Paycom Software and Pcs Edventures!.Com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paycom Software	22.44%	28.34%	8.29%
Pcs Edventures!.Com	1.93%	1.43%	1.23%

Risk & Volatility

Paycom Software has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pcs Edventures!.Com has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Paycom Software and Pcs Edventures!.Com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paycom Software	1	7	5	1	2.43
Pcs Edventures!.Com	0	0	0	0	0.00

Paycom Software currently has a consensus price target of $159.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.67%. Given Paycom Software’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than Pcs Edventures!.Com.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Paycom Software and Pcs Edventures!.Com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paycom Software	$2.05 billion	3.22	$453.40 million	$8.65	16.06
Pcs Edventures!.Com	$7.42 million	2.04	$950,000.00	N/A	N/A

Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than Pcs Edventures!.Com.

Summary

Paycom Software beats Pcs Edventures!.Com on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paycom Software

Paycom Software, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solution delivered as software-as-a-service for small to mid-sized companies in the United States. It offers functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company's HCM solution provides a suite of applications in the areas of talent acquisition, including applicant tracking, candidate tracker, background checks, on-boarding, e-verify, and tax credit services; and time and labor management, such as time and attendance, scheduling, time-off requests, labor allocation, labor management reports/push reporting, geofencing/geotracking, and Microfence, a proprietary Bluetooth. Its HCM solution also offers payroll applications comprising better employee transaction interface, payroll and tax management, payroll card, Everyday, Paycom pay, Client Action Center, expense management, mileage tracker/fixed and variable rates, garnishment administration, and GL concierge applications; and talent management applications that include employee self-service, compensation budgeting, performance management, position management, and Paycom learning, as well as my analytics. In addition, its HCM solution provides manager on-the-go that gives supervisors and managers the ability to perform a variety of tasks, such as approving time-off requests and expense reimbursements; direct data exchange; ask here, a tool for direct line of communication to ask work-related questions; document and checklist; government and compliance; benefits administration/benefits to carrier; benefit enrollment service; COBRA administration; personnel action and performance discussion forms; surveys; 401(k) reporting; report center; and affordable care act applications, as well as Clue, which securely collects, tracks, and manages the vaccination and testing data of the workforce. Paycom Software, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

About Pcs Edventures!.Com

PCS Edventures!, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes technology-based educational products and services to the pre-kindergarten through university classroom, the K-12 afterschool, the private learning center, and the home school markets in the United States and internationally. Its products include PCS Edventures! Labs, a learning center that offers teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and PCS BrickLab, a system of building blocks combined with PCS curriculum resources that address technology, math, construction engineering, communication, and science principles. The company also provides PCS Digital Media Labs, which contains lesson plans, a hard cover mobile case, digital cameras, camcorders or voice recorders, accessories, and a teacher guide; and PCS Academy of Engineering Lab, a STEM based program that is designed for use in tech-ed programs and for various environments through 10 student modules, such as hardware, software, lab furniture, and curriculum. In addition, it offers PCS Edventures Robotics system, a platform that provides various robotics lab implementations to its RiQ robot kits for home users, as well as engages students in various areas, including computer programming, physics, math, and other topics; PCS Discover STEM Lab, a modular program that provides activities for afterschool facilitators in the areas of STEM; summer camp packages, which offer summer camp solutions for schools and afterschool programs; and Riot, a racing drone product. PCS Edventures!, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Boise, Idaho.