Contrasting Cuentas (CUEN) and The Competition

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.4% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Cuentas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cuentas and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cuentas	$1.79 million	-$2.20 million	-1.40
Cuentas Competitors	$1.80 billion	$386.83 million	72.18

Cuentas’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Cuentas. Cuentas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Cuentas and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cuentas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cuentas Competitors	-632.75%	40.32%	-8.52%

Volatility & Risk

Cuentas has a beta of -16.84, meaning that its stock price is 1,784% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cuentas’ competitors have a beta of 1.19, meaning that their average stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cuentas competitors beat Cuentas on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

Cuentas Company Profile

Cuentas Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile financial, prepaid debit, and digital content services to the unbanked, underbanked, and underserved communities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Telecommunications, Wholesale Telecommunication services, and Digital Products and General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) Cards. It offers prepaid voice, text, and data mobile phone services; and domestic and international long-distance voice, text, and data telephony services. The company also provides general-purpose reloadable debit cards; wholesale and retail telecommunication service; installation of WiFi6 shared network systems in the New York metropolitan tristate area; and mobile app and wallet. In addition, it operates e-commerce distribution and mobile payments ecosystem; and sells and distributes digital products. The company is based in Miami Beach, Florida.