CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) versus Kuboo (OTCMKTS:SGTB) Critical Analysis

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and Kuboo (OTCMKTS:SGTB) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

CBIZ has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kuboo has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of CBIZ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Kuboo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for CBIZ and Kuboo, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0	0	1	0	3.00
Kuboo	0	0	0	0	0.00

CBIZ presently has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.34%. Given CBIZ’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CBIZ is more favorable than Kuboo.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CBIZ and Kuboo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$1.68 billion	2.51	$120.97 million	$2.36	35.61
Kuboo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than Kuboo.

Profitability

This table compares CBIZ and Kuboo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%
Kuboo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CBIZ beats Kuboo on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

About Kuboo

Kuboo, Inc., doing business as Safe Communications, Inc., provides open and secure family communications. It operates a child safe virtual world that offers games, edutainment, controlled chat, and multiple channels online streaming in one platform. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.