Reviewing Black Diamond Group (OTCMKTS:BDIMF) and UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN)

UMC (OTCMKTS:UMCN) and Black Diamond Group (OTCMKTS:BDIMF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

UMC has a beta of 33.65, meaning that its share price is 3,265% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Diamond Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares UMC and Black Diamond Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UMC	N/A	N/A	-$180,000.00	N/A	N/A
Black Diamond Group	$294.14 million	2.82	$18.72 million	$0.41	29.49

Black Diamond Group has higher revenue and earnings than UMC.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for UMC and Black Diamond Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UMC	0	0	0	0	0.00
Black Diamond Group	0	0	1	0	3.00

Profitability

This table compares UMC and Black Diamond Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UMC	-1,022.22%	N/A	N/A
Black Diamond Group	8.23%	10.76%	4.79%

Summary

Black Diamond Group beats UMC on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UMC

UMC, Inc. provides medical insurance claims coding and processing, electronic medical records storage, chargemaster review, pricing comparison, and accounts receivable management services to healthcare providers. Its customers primarily include hospitals, medical clinics, and physician practitioners in the United States. The company was formerly known as United Medicorp, Inc. and changed its name to UMC, Inc. in May 2007. UMC, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Pampa, Texas.

About Black Diamond Group

Black Diamond Group Limited rents and sells modular space and workforce accommodation solutions. It operates through two segments, Modular Space Solutions and Workforce Solutions. The Modular Space Solutions segment provides modular space rentals to customers in the construction, real estate development, education, manufacturing, health care, financial, government, and defense industries in North America. Its products include office units, lavatories, storage units, large multi-unit office complexes, classroom facilities, banking and health care facilities, high security modular buildings, custom manufactured modular facilities, blast resistant structures, SmartSpace interchangeable paneled units, and storage containers. This segment also sells new and used space rentals units; and provides delivery, installation, project management, and ancillary rental items, products, and services. The Workforce Solutions segment provides workforce housing solutions, including rental of accommodations and surface equipment, and provision of turnkey lodging and travel management logistics services in Canada, the United States, and Australia. This segment also provides associated services, such as installation, transportation, dismantlement, and sale of used fleet assets. This segment primarily serves the resource, infrastructure, construction, disaster recovery, and education sectors. It also provides specialized field rentals to oil and gas industries. The company markets its rental assets, custom sales, and ancillary products and services through in-house sales personnel, its website, social media, web campaigns, and its digital marketplace. Black Diamond Group Limited was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.