IDEX Biometrics ASA (OTCMKTS:IDXAF) & AVEVA Group (OTCMKTS:AVEVF) Financial Survey

Profitability

This table compares IDEX Biometrics ASA and AVEVA Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDEX Biometrics ASA	-592.76%	-156.35%	-114.49%
AVEVA Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares IDEX Biometrics ASA and AVEVA Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDEX Biometrics ASA	$4.09 million	0.29	-$32.66 million	($0.03)	-0.03
AVEVA Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.66	60.62

AVEVA Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IDEX Biometrics ASA. IDEX Biometrics ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AVEVA Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.2% of AVEVA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of IDEX Biometrics ASA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AVEVA Group beats IDEX Biometrics ASA on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IDEX Biometrics ASA

IDEX Biometrics ASA, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and sells fingerprint authentication solutions in Norway, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company's fingerprint authentication solutions are used primarily in contactless financial payment, access control, and smart cards, as well as card-based devices for the storage of digital currencies. It primarily serves manufacturers of smart cards for financial payment applications and biometric payment card markets. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

About AVEVA Group

AVEVA Group Plc engages in provision of engineering and industrial software. It operates through the following geographical segments: Asia Pacific, EMEA, and Americas. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.