Head to Head Survey: International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) versus Value Exchange International (OTCMKTS:VEII)

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Value Exchange International (OTCMKTS:VEII) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for International Business Machines and Value Exchange International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Business Machines	3	8	6	0	2.18
Value Exchange International	0	0	0	0	N/A

International Business Machines currently has a consensus target price of $208.12, suggesting a potential downside of 3.01%. Given International Business Machines’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe International Business Machines is more favorable than Value Exchange International.

Profitability

This table compares International Business Machines and Value Exchange International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Business Machines	13.52%	40.59%	7.06%
Value Exchange International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares International Business Machines and Value Exchange International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
International Business Machines	$61.86 billion	3.20	$7.50 billion	$9.07	23.66
Value Exchange International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

International Business Machines has higher revenue and earnings than Value Exchange International.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

59.0% of International Business Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Value Exchange International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Business Machines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Value Exchange International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

International Business Machines beats Value Exchange International on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About International Business Machines

International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, facilitates IBM clients’ acquisition of hardware, software, and services. The company has a strategic partnership to various companies including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that includes Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.

About Value Exchange International

Value Exchange International, Inc. provides customer-centric technology solutions to the retail industries in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The company offers credit and debit card processing services to multinational retailers. It also provides systems maintenance and related services, including software patches and software code revisions; installing, testing, and implementing of software; training of customer personnel for the use of software; and technical support for software systems. In addition, the company offers system installation and implementation services comprising project planning, system analysis and design, hardware and consumables selection advice and sales, and system hardware maintenance services; and systems development and integration services. Further, it engages in the software development; trading and servicing of computer hardware and software; IT service call-center activities; and marketing, sale, and maintenance of point of sale (POS) software under the edgePOS brand, as well as sale of third party POS software programs. The company was formerly known as Sino Payments, Inc. and changed its name to Value Exchange International, Inc. in December 2017. Value Exchange International, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.