Financial Contrast: HighCom Global Security (OTCMKTS:HCGS) & ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI)

HighCom Global Security (OTCMKTS:HCGS) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for HighCom Global Security and ASP Isotopes, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighCom Global Security	0	0	0	0	0.00
ASP Isotopes	0	0	3	0	3.00

ASP Isotopes has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. Given ASP Isotopes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than HighCom Global Security.

Profitability

This table compares HighCom Global Security and ASP Isotopes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighCom Global Security	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares HighCom Global Security and ASP Isotopes”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighCom Global Security	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASP Isotopes	$3.38 million	94.74	-$16.29 million	($0.61)	-7.36

HighCom Global Security has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASP Isotopes.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of HighCom Global Security shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ASP Isotopes beats HighCom Global Security on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HighCom Global Security

HighCom Global Security, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes security products and personal protective gears in the United States and internationally. The company offers ballistic helmets, hard armor plates, soft armor vests, and ballistic shields. It also provides BlastWrap, a blast mitigation technology that contains explosions and suppresses resulting flash fires. The company was formerly known as BlastGard International, Inc. and changed its name to HighCom Global Security, Inc. in June 2017. HighCom Global Security, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

About ASP Isotopes

ASP Isotopes Inc., a development stage advanced materials company, focuses on the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of isotopes. It engages in the production and commercialization of Molybdenum-100, a non-radioactive isotope for the medical industry; Carbon-14; and Silicon-28. The company is also developing Quantum Enrichment technology to produce Ytterbium-176, Nickel-64, Lithium 6, Lithium7, and Uranium-235. ASP Isotopes Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.