Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ:DCT – Get Rating ) and Tenet Fintech Group (OTCMKTS:PKKFF – Get Rating ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and earnings
This table compares Duck Creek Technologies and Tenet Fintech Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross income | Price/sales ratio | Net income | Earnings per share | Price/income ratio | |
| Duck Creek Technologies | $260.35 million | 6.92 | -$16.93 million | ($0.08) | -169.88 |
| Tenet Fintech Group | 31.87 million dollars | 3.04 | -$4.94 million | NOW | NOW |
Tenet Fintech Group has lower revenue but higher earnings than Duck Creek Technologies.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Duck Creek Technologies and Tenet Fintech Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell reviews | Hold assessments | Buy reviews | Strong buy ratings | Assessment points | |
| Duck Creek Technologies | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Tenet Fintech Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NOW |
Duck Creek Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 102.35%. Given Duck Creek Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Duck Creek Technologies is more favorable than Tenet Fintech Group.
Profitability
This table compares Duck Creek Technologies and Tenet Fintech Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net margins | Return on equity | Return on assets | |
| Duck Creek Technologies | -3.93% | 0.69% | 0.61% |
| Tenet Fintech Group | NOW | NOW | NOW |
Institutional and insider ownership
71.8% of Duck Creek Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Duck Creek Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is ready for long-term growth.
Risk and volatility
Duck Creek Technologies has a beta of 0.48, which suggests that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Fintech Group has a beta of 3.63, which suggests that its share price is 263% more volatile than S&P 500.
Summary
Duck Creek Technologies beats Tenet Fintech Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Duck Creek Technologies
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Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. provides core software-as-a-service systems to the property and casualty insurance industry in the United States and internationally. The company offers Duck Creek Policy, a solution that enables insurance companies to develop and launch new insurance products and manage various aspects of insurance administration, from product definition to quotation, bonding and servicing; Duck Creek Billing which provides payment and invoicing capabilities such as invoicing and collections, commission processing, disbursement management and general ledger capabilities for insurance lines and bill types; and Duck Creek claims that support the entire claim lifecycle from initial notification of loss through investigation, payments, negotiations, reporting and closing. It also offers Duck Creek Rating which allows carriers to develop new rates and models and deliver quotes in real-time based on the complex rating algorithms; Duck Creek Insights, an insurance analytics solution that allows carriers to aggregate and analyze data from internal and external sources and simplify analysis and reporting on a single system; Duck Creek Digital Engagement which offers digital interaction between property and casualty insurers and their agents, brokers and policyholders; and Duck Creek Distribution Management which automates sales channel activities for agents and brokers, including producer onboarding, compliance and compensation management. In addition, the company offers Duck Creek Reinsurance Management which automates financial and administrative functions; and Duck Creek Industry Content which provides pre-built content including basic business rules, product design, rating algorithms, data capture screens and workflows for the insurance industry such as commercial auto, inland claims and workers compensation. It has partnered with Shift Technologies, Inc. to implement AI fraud detection. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
About Tenet Fintech Group
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Tenet Fintech Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the commercial lending industry in China. It operates in two segments, Fintech Platform and Financial Services. The Fintech Platform segment offers the procurement and distribution of products within supply chains or the facilitation of transactions in the commercial lending industry through technology platforms. The Financial Services segment offers commercial loans to entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as turnkey credit outsourcing services to banks and other lending institutions. The company was previously known as Peak Fintech Group Inc. and changed its name to Tenet Fintech Group Inc. in November 2021. Tenet Fintech Group Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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