Critical Survey: EVN (OTCMKTS:EVNVY) and Absolute Software (OTCMKTS:ALSWF)

Dividends

Absolute Software pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,030.0%. EVN pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Absolute Software pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.2% of Absolute Software shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Absolute Software has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVN has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Absolute Software and EVN”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Absolute Software	$104.67 million	0.01	$10.64 million	$0.24	0.10
EVN	$2.36 billion	1.33	$223.78 million	N/A	N/A

EVN has higher revenue and earnings than Absolute Software.

Profitability

This table compares Absolute Software and EVN’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Absolute Software	10.16%	-23.28%	9.44%
EVN	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

EVN beats Absolute Software on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Absolute Software

Absolute Software Corp. engages in the provision of cloud-based service that supports the management and security of computing devices, applications, and data for a variety of organizations. Its solutions includes education, financial services, general date protection regulations (GDPR) compliance, government, healthcare, professional services, and technology solutions such as Absolute for Android, and Absolute for Chromebook. The company was founded on November 24, 1993 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About EVN

EVN AG provides energy and environmental services for private and business customers, as well as municipalities in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, and Albania. The company operates through Energy, Generation, Networks, South East Europe, Environmental, and Other segments. It generates electricity from thermal sources and renewable energies; and procures, trades, and sells electricity and natural gas to end customers and on wholesale markets, as well as generates and sells heat. The company also operates regional electricity and natural gas networks, as well as cable TV and telecommunications networks. In addition, it is involved in drinking water supply, wastewater disposal and treatment, thermal waste utilisation, and international project business activities. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf, Austria. EVN AG is a subsidiary of NÖ Landes-Beteiligungsholding GmbH.