Critical Review: Cyberloq Technologies (NASDAQ:CLOQ) vs. Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE)

Cyberloq Technologies (NASDAQ:CLOQ) and Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Cyberloq Technologies and Backblaze’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cyberloq Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Backblaze	-42.34%	-104.71%	-36.79%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Cyberloq Technologies and Backblaze, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cyberloq Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Backblaze	0	0	4	0	3.00

Backblaze has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.39%. Given Backblaze’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Backblaze is more favorable than Cyberloq Technologies.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

54.0% of Backblaze shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Backblaze shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cyberloq Technologies and Backblaze”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cyberloq Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Backblaze	$102.02 million	3.02	-$59.71 million	($1.26)	-5.69

Cyberloq Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Backblaze.

Summary

Backblaze beats Cyberloq Technologies on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cyberloq Technologies

Cyberloq Technologies, Inc., a development-stage technology company, focuses on fraud prevention and credit management in the United States. It provides CyberloQ, a banking fraud prevention technology for institutional clients to combat fraudulent transactions and unauthorized access to customer accounts; and TurnScor, a web-based proprietary software platform, which allows customers to monitor and manage their credit from the privacy of their own homes, as well as CyberloQ Vault, a cloud based security protocol that allows clients the ability to send/receive secure data without having to use traditional email that is prone to a breach. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Venice, Florida.

About Backblaze

Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. This service is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; repository for analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning; and Internet of Things. In addition, the company offers Backblaze Computer Backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which provides a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases, including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access. It serves the public cloud IaaS storage and Data-Protection-as-a-Service markets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.