Contrasting iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT) and Dorel Industries (OTCMKTS:DIIBF)

Dorel Industries (OTCMKTS:DIIBF) and iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Dorel Industries and iCoreConnect’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorel Industries	-12.73%	N/A	-11.58%
iCoreConnect	-263.12%	-1,451.73%	-171.32%

Volatility & Risk

Dorel Industries has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iCoreConnect has a beta of 33.29, meaning that its stock price is 3,229% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.4% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Dorel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.4% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Dorel Industries and iCoreConnect, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorel Industries	0	1	0	0	2.00
iCoreConnect	0	0	0	0	0.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dorel Industries and iCoreConnect”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorel Industries	$1.19 billion	0.03	-$142.22 million	($4.16)	-0.29
iCoreConnect	$11.05 million	0.00	-$15.55 million	($44.40)	-0.00

iCoreConnect has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dorel Industries. Dorel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iCoreConnect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Dorel Industries beats iCoreConnect on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dorel Industries

Dorel Industries Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of home and juvenile products worldwide. The company operates through Dorel Home and Dorel Juvenile segments. The Dorel Home segment offers ready-to assemble furniture and home furnishings products, including metal folding furniture, futons, children's furniture, step stools, hand trucks, ladders, outdoor furniture, and other imported furniture items. This segment markets its products under the DHP, Signature Sleep, Little Seeds, Ameriwood Home, Cosco Home & Office, Queer Eye, Cosmo Living, Novogratz, Real Rooms, Mr. Kate, Baby Relax, Alphason, Bertini, Ntense, and Notio brands. The Dorel Juvenile segment provides children's accessories comprising infant car seats, strollers, home equipment, toys, infant health, and safety aids under the Maxi-Cosi, Tiny Love, Infanti, Safety 1st, Bébé Confort, Quinny, and Cosco brands. The company was formerly known as Dorel Co. Ltd. and changed its name to Dorel Industries Inc. in May 1987. Dorel Industries Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Westmount, Canada.

About iCoreConnect

iCoreConnect Inc., a cloud-based software and technology company, provides Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) in the United States. The company’s products include iCoreRx, a HIPAA compliant electronic prescription software; iCorePDMP, a solution that checks the patient’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) history before prescribing controlled substances; iCoreVerify and iCoreVerify+, a HIPAA compliant SaaS solution that automatically retrieves a patients insurance eligibility breakdown to verify their benefits in advance of their appointment and on-demand; iCoreHuddle and iCoreHuddle+, a tool to instantly reveal the revenue potential of each patient; and iCoreCodeGenius, a medical coding reference SaaS solution. It also offers iCoreExchange, a SaaS email solution that allows doctors to send and receive secure email with attachments to and from other healthcare professionals; iCoreCloud, ability to backup their on-premise servers and computers to the cloud; iCoreClaims, for processing and managing claims submitted by policyholders or dental care providers; iCorePay, a patient payment processing solutions for payment and revenue cycle tracking; iCoreSecure, secure SaaS solution that solves privacy concerns in the insurance, real estate, financial and many other industry sectors; and iCoreIT, an IT managed services. The company was formerly known as iMedicor, Inc. and changed its name to iCoreConnect Inc. in June 2017. iCoreConnect Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ocoee, Florida.