iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT) vs. BigCommerce (NASDAQ:BIGC) Critical Survey

iCoreConnect (NASDAQ:ICCT) and BigCommerce (NASDAQ:BIGC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.4% of iCoreConnect shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of BigCommerce shares are held by institutional investors. 59.4% of iCoreConnect shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of BigCommerce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares iCoreConnect and BigCommerce”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iCoreConnect	$8.15 million	0.24	-$15.55 million	($3.09)	-0.05
BigCommerce	$309.39 million	1.62	-$64.67 million	($0.36)	-17.94

iCoreConnect has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BigCommerce. BigCommerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iCoreConnect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

iCoreConnect has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BigCommerce has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares iCoreConnect and BigCommerce’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iCoreConnect	-260.79%	-614.22%	-152.86%
BigCommerce	-8.43%	-59.73%	-3.50%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for iCoreConnect and BigCommerce, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iCoreConnect	0	0	0	0	0.00
BigCommerce	1	5	2	0	2.13

BigCommerce has a consensus price target of $8.81, indicating a potential upside of 36.42%. Given BigCommerce’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BigCommerce is more favorable than iCoreConnect.

Summary

BigCommerce beats iCoreConnect on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About iCoreConnect

iCoreConnect Inc., a cloud-based software and technology company, provides Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) in the United States. The company’s products include iCoreRx, a HIPAA compliant electronic prescription software; iCorePDMP, a solution that checks the patient’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) history before prescribing controlled substances; iCoreVerify and iCoreVerify+, a HIPAA compliant SaaS solution that automatically retrieves a patients insurance eligibility breakdown to verify their benefits in advance of their appointment and on-demand; iCoreHuddle and iCoreHuddle+, a tool to instantly reveal the revenue potential of each patient; and iCoreCodeGenius, a medical coding reference SaaS solution. It also offers iCoreExchange, a SaaS email solution that allows doctors to send and receive secure email with attachments to and from other healthcare professionals; iCoreCloud, ability to backup their on-premise servers and computers to the cloud; iCoreClaims, for processing and managing claims submitted by policyholders or dental care providers; iCorePay, a patient payment processing solutions for payment and revenue cycle tracking; iCoreSecure, secure SaaS solution that solves privacy concerns in the insurance, real estate, financial and many other industry sectors; and iCoreIT, an IT managed services. The company was formerly known as iMedicor, Inc. and changed its name to iCoreConnect Inc. in June 2017. iCoreConnect Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ocoee, Florida.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. operates a software-as-a-service platform for enterprises, small businesses, and mid-markets in the United States, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the AsiaPacific. The company provides a platform for launching and scaling an ecommerce operation, including store design, catalog management, hosting, checkout, order management, reporting, and pre-integration into third-party services. It serves stores in various sizes, product categories, and purchase types, such as business-to-business and business-to-consumer. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.