Critical Review: Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI) & Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY)

Digerati Technologies (OTCMKTS:DTGI) and Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of Digerati Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Digerati Technologies and Urgent.ly, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digerati Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Urgent.ly	0	0	1	0	3.00

Urgent.ly has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 201.20%. Given Urgent.ly’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Digerati Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Digerati Technologies and Urgent.ly’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digerati Technologies	-36.31%	N/A	-29.16%
Urgent.ly	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Digerati Technologies and Urgent.ly’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digerati Technologies	$31.62 million	0.14	-$8.29 million	($0.07)	-0.36
Urgent.ly	$184.65 million	0.12	$74.73 million	N/A	N/A

Urgent.ly has higher revenue and earnings than Digerati Technologies.

Summary

Urgent.ly beats Digerati Technologies on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Digerati Technologies

Digerati Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of Internet-based telephony products and services through its cloud application platform and session-based communication network in the United States. The company offers Internet broadband, fiber, mobile broadband, and cloud wide area network (WAN) or software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions; cloud communication services, including fully hosted IP/PBX, video conferencing, mobile applications, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transport, session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking, call center applications, auto attendant, voice and web conferencing, call recording, messaging, voicemail to email conversion, integrated mobility applications, and customized VoIP services; and remote network monitoring, data backup, and disaster recovery services, as well as enterprise-class data and connectivity solutions, such as cloud WAN or SD-WAN, fiber, mobile broadband, and Ethernet over copper services. It primarily serves small to medium-sized enterprise customers through distributors and value-added resellers. The company was formerly known as ATSI Communications Inc. and changed its name to Digerati Technologies, Inc. in March 2011. Digerati Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

About Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly Inc. offers mobility assistance software platform for roadside assistance in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include car lockout, tire changes, towing, stuck in ditch and winch services, motorcycle towing, electric vehicle towing, jump start, and gas delivery. The company's software platform combines location-based services, real-time data, AI and machine-to-machine communication to provide roadside assistance solutions. It serves automotive, insurance, telematics, and other transportation-focused verticals. Urgent.ly Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.