We will be contrasting the differences between GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) and VirnetX Holding Corp (NYSEAMERICAN:VHC) as far as profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the Internet Software & Services industry.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.66B | 5.05 | 77.10M | 0.42 | 173.82 |
| VirnetX Holding Corp | N/A | 907.29 | 25.02M | -0.41 | 0.00 |
Table 1 highlights GoDaddy Inc. and VirnetX Holding Corp’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 provides us GoDaddy Inc. and VirnetX Holding Corp’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.90% | 11.6% | 1.3% |
| VirnetX Holding Corp | 0.00% | -440.3% | -263.4% |
Risk and Volatility
GoDaddy Inc. is 34.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500 due to its 0.66 beta. Competitively, VirnetX Holding Corp is 158.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500, because of the 2.58 beta.
Liquidity
0.8 and 0.8 are the respective Current Ratio and a Quick Ratio of GoDaddy Inc. Its rival VirnetX Holding Corp’s Current and Quick Ratios are 12.3 and 12.3 respectively. VirnetX Holding Corp has a better chance of clearing its pay short and long-term debts than GoDaddy Inc.
Analyst Ratings
In next table is given GoDaddy Inc. and VirnetX Holding Corp’s ratings and recommendations.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.89 |
| VirnetX Holding Corp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
$87.67 is GoDaddy Inc.’s average price target while its potential upside is 16.91%.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Roughly 0% of GoDaddy Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 22.3% of VirnetX Holding Corp are owned by institutional investors. Insiders owned roughly 0.2% of GoDaddy Inc.’s shares. Competitively, insiders own roughly 9.6% of VirnetX Holding Corp’s shares.
Performance
In this table we provide the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | -2.19% | 7.39% | 11.5% | -8.72% | 24.16% | 12.31% |
| VirnetX Holding Corp | 1.23% | 12.75% | 75.84% | 94.92% | 43.75% | 139.58% |
For the past year GoDaddy Inc. was less bullish than VirnetX Holding Corp.
Summary
GoDaddy Inc. beats on 8 of the 11 factors VirnetX Holding Corp.
GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting and presence products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security. The company also offers Website builder, an online tool that enables customers to build Websites; online store product that allows customers to create their own standalone Website with an integrated online store optimized for mobile shopping; and search engine visibility product that helps customers get their Websites found on search sites through search engine optimization. In addition, the company offers business application products, including Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and telephony services. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
VirnetX Holding Corporation develops software and technology solutions for securing real-time communications over the Internet in the United States. Its software and technology solutions include secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection Technology that are designed to secure communications various real-time communications over the Internet, as well as enable organizations and individuals to establish communities of secure, registered users, and transmit information between various devices, networks, and operating systems. These secure network communities are designed to support content applications, such as instant messaging, voice over Internet protocol, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer, and remote desktop in a secure environment. The company also offers a portfolio of licenses and services, such as VirnetX technology licensing; GABRIEL Connection Technology software development kit, including object libraries, sample code, testing and quality assurance tools, and supporting documentation required for customers to implement the companyÂ’s technology; secure domain name registrar service; registrar server software; connection server software; relay server software; and secure domain name master registry and connection, and technical support services. It serves domain infrastructure and communication service providers, and system integrators; and enterprise customers, developers, and original equipment manufacturers of chips, servers, smart phones, tablets, e-Readers, laptops, net books, and other devices in the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence, and unified communications markets. VirnetX Holding Corporation was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.