Contrasting Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) & Endava (NYSE:DAVA)

Symbolic Logic (NASDAQ:EVOL) and Endava (NYSE:DAVA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Symbolic Logic and Endava’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
Endava	2.30%	2.76%	1.97%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Symbolic Logic and Endava, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Symbolic Logic	0	0	0	0	N/A
Endava	0	3	7	0	2.70

Endava has a consensus target price of $42.31, indicating a potential upside of 71.30%. Given Endava’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Endava is more favorable than Symbolic Logic.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.2% of Endava shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Symbolic Logic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Endava shares are held 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Symbolic Logic and Endava”s gross 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
Endava	$932.88 million	1.53	$21.56 million	$0.36	68.61

Endava has higher revenue and earnings than Symbolic Logic.

Risk and Volatility

Symbolic Logic has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endava has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Endava beats Symbolic Logic on 10 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 Endava

Endava plc provides technology services for clients in the consumer products, healthcare, mobility, and retail verticals in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It offers ideation and production services in the payments and financial services, telecommunications, media, and technology verticals; and business analysis, data analytics, program management, digital product strategy, private equity value enhancement, IT strategy, architecture, extended reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence, product design, and user experience and visual design services. The company also provides automated testing, cloud native software engineering, continuous delivery, distributed agile delivery, intelligent automation, secure development, agile applications management, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, service delivery, smart desk, telemetry and monitoring, organizational optimization, and transaction advisory services. Endava plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.