iCoreConnect (ICCT) & Its Peers Critical Contrast

iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT) is one of 429 publicly-traded companies in the “Prepackaged software” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare iCoreConnect to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for iCoreConnect and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iCoreConnect	0	0	0	0	N/A
iCoreConnect Competitors	2223	15170	29857	845	2.61

As a group, “Prepackaged software” companies have a potential upside of 11.47%. Given iCoreConnect’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe iCoreConnect has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares iCoreConnect and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
iCoreConnect	$10.27 million	-$15.55 million	-0.12
iCoreConnect Competitors	$2.51 billion	$357.21 million	11.98

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.4% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of iCoreConnect shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Prepackaged software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

iCoreConnect has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iCoreConnect’s rivals have a beta of 1.26, indicating that their average stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares iCoreConnect and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iCoreConnect	-260.79%	-614.22%	-152.86%
iCoreConnect Competitors	-61.51%	-7.92%	-7.38%

Summary

iCoreConnect rivals beat iCoreConnect on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

iCoreConnect Company Profile

iCoreConnect Inc., a cloud-based software and technology company, provides Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) in the United States. The company’s products include iCoreRx, a HIPAA compliant electronic prescription software; iCorePDMP, a solution that checks the patient’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) history before prescribing controlled substances; iCoreVerify and iCoreVerify+, a HIPAA compliant SaaS solution that automatically retrieves a patients insurance eligibility breakdown to verify their benefits in advance of their appointment and on-demand; iCoreHuddle and iCoreHuddle+, a tool to instantly reveal the revenue potential of each patient; and iCoreCodeGenius, a medical coding reference SaaS solution. It also offers iCoreExchange, a SaaS email solution that allows doctors to send and receive secure email with attachments to and from other healthcare professionals; iCoreCloud, ability to backup their on-premise servers and computers to the cloud; iCoreClaims, for processing and managing claims submitted by policyholders or dental care providers; iCorePay, a patient payment processing solutions for payment and revenue cycle tracking; iCoreSecure, secure SaaS solution that solves privacy concerns in the insurance, real estate, financial and many other industry sectors; and iCoreIT, an IT managed services. The company was formerly known as iMedicor, Inc. and changed its name to iCoreConnect Inc. in June 2017. iCoreConnect Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ocoee, Florida.