Critical Analysis: Astea International (OTCMKTS:ATEA) and Tenet Fintech Group (OTCMKTS:PKKFF)

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of Tenet Fintech Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Astea International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Tenet Fintech Group and Astea International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenet Fintech Group	-741.89%	-147.43%	-81.32%
Astea International	-7.77%	-6.85%	-12.99%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tenet Fintech Group and Astea International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Fintech Group	$31.17 million	0.31	-$56.92 million	($0.32)	-0.13
Astea International	$27.47 million	1.69	$360,000.00	N/A	N/A

Astea International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tenet Fintech Group.

Volatility and Risk

Tenet Fintech Group has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astea International has a beta of -0.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Astea International beats Tenet Fintech Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenet Fintech Group

Tenet Fintech Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various analytics and AI-based services to small-and-medium businesses and financial institutions. It offers Business Hub, a global ecosystem where analytics and AI are used to create opportunities and facilitate B2B transactions among its members. The company was formerly known as Peak Fintech Group Inc. and changed its name to Tenet Fintech Group Inc. in November 2021. Tenet Fintech Group Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Astea International

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.