MIND C.T.I. (NASDAQ:MNDO) & Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) Financial Analysis

Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) and MIND C.T.I. (NASDAQ:MNDO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Symbolic Logic and MIND C.T.I., as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Symbolic Logic	0	0	0	0	N/A
MIND C.T.I.	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Symbolic Logic and MIND C.T.I.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Symbolic Logic	N/A	N/A	$17.44 million	N/A	N/A
MIND C.T.I.	$21.91 million	1.80	$5.17 million	$0.25	7.84

Symbolic Logic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MIND C.T.I..

Dividends

Symbolic Logic pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 48.4%. MIND C.T.I. pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. MIND C.T.I. pays out 96.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Symbolic Logic and MIND C.T.I.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Symbolic Logic	N/A	N/A	N/A
MIND C.T.I.	23.49%	22.77%	16.64%

Volatility and Risk

Symbolic Logic has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MIND C.T.I. has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.3% of MIND C.T.I. shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Symbolic Logic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MIND C.T.I. beats Symbolic Logic on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Symbolic Logic

Symbolic Logic, Inc., a research and development organization, focuses on developing proprietary algorithms that model and predict behaviour of dynamic systems. It is also developing a set of tools and technologies for applying symbolic content to physical objects to catalog to track real-world objects. The company was formerly known as Evolving Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Symbolic Logic, Inc. in April 2022. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. Symbolic Logic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CCUR Holdings, Inc.

About MIND C.T.I.

MIND C.T.I. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and implements billing and customer care software solutions for communication service providers in the Americas, Europe, Israel, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. It operates in two segments, Billing and Related Services, and Messaging. The company offers billing and customer care solutions that support various services, such as voice, data, and content services, as well as prepaid, postpaid, and pay-in-advance payment models in a single platform. Its solutions also include a workflow engine to support the implementation of business processes, including subscriber registration, order management, trouble ticket, and debt collection; and a point of sale solution that covers dealer, store and cashier management, and sales cycle related activities. In addition, the company offers professional services comprising turnkey project delivery, customer support and maintenance, integration, customizations, and project management; and managed services, including day to day billing operational tasks. Further, it provides PhonEX ONE, a call management system that collects, records, and stores call information, which is used by organizations for telecom expense management, call accounting, traffic analysis, and fraud detection; and a mobile messaging platform. The company offers its products directly, as well as through distributors and resellers primarily to communication service providers, such as traditional wireline and wireless, voice over IP, broadband IP network operators, wireless internet service providers, LTE operators, cable operators, and mobile virtual network operators. MIND C.T.I. Ltd. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Yokneam Illit, Israel.