Astea International (OTCMKTS:ATEA) and Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
87.1% of Atlassian shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Astea International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Astea International and Atlassian, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Astea International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Atlassian | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2.63 |
Atlassian has a consensus target price of $142.27, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. Given Atlassian’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlassian is more favorable than Astea International.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Astea International and Atlassian’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Astea International | $27.47 million | 1.68 | $360,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Atlassian | $1.21 billion | 12.81 | -$637.62 million | ($0.17) | -747.71 |
Astea International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlassian.
Profitability
This table compares Astea International and Atlassian’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Astea International | -7.77% | -6.85% | -12.99% |
| Atlassian | -24.95% | -2.76% | -0.65% |
Volatility & Risk
Astea International has a beta of -0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlassian has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atlassian beats Astea International on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
Astea International Company Profile
Astea International Inc. develops, markets, and supports service management software solutions worldwide. It offers Astea Alliance, a service management software that addresses the service lifecycle applications, including lead generation, project quotation, service and billing, and asset retirement; and integrates and optimizes business processes for campaigns, call center, depot repair, field service, logistics, projects, and sales and order processing applications. The company also provides FieldCentrix Enterprise suite, a service management solution that runs on various mobile devices; and integrates with customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning applications. In addition, it supports deployments in on-premise, as well as cloud environments by leveraging a multi-tenant architecture; and provides infrastructure tools and services, as well as consulting, implementation, training, and maintenance services. The company’s products are used in information technology, medical devices and diagnostic systems, industrial controls and instrumentation, retail/point-of-sale equipment, office automation equipment, imaging systems, fire and security, gaming/leisure equipment, facilities management, and telecommunications, and other related industries with equipment sales and service requirements. Astea International Inc. markets its products through a network of direct and indirect sales and services offices; and distributors consisting of value-added resellers, system integrators, and sales agents, as well as original equipment manufacturing partners. The company was formerly known as Applied System Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Astea International Inc. in 1992. Astea International Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
Atlassian Company Profile
Atlassian Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, licenses, and maintains various software products worldwide. It provides project tracking, content creation and sharing, and service management products. The company’s products include JIRA, a workflow management system that enables teams to plan, organize, track, and manage their work and projects; Confluence, a content collaboration platform that is used to create, share, organize, and discuss projects; and Trello, a Web-based project management application for capturing and adding structure to fluid, fast-forming work for teams. Its products also comprise Bitbucket, a code management and collaboration product for teams using distributed version control systems; and Jira Service Desk, a service desk product for creating and managing service experiences for various service team providers, including IT help desks, and legal and HR teams. In addition, the company offers other tools, such as Atlassian Access, Bamboo, Crowd, Crucible, Fisheye, Sourcetree, and Statuspage. It has a strategic partnership with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Atlassian Corporation Plc was founded in 2002 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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