Critical Comparison: Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC) and MiX Telematics (NYSE:MIXT)

Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC) and MiX Telematics (NYSE:MIXT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Global Arena and MiX Telematics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Arena	0	0	0	0	0.00
MiX Telematics	0	0	1	0	3.00

MiX Telematics has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.53%. Given Global Arena’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Global Arena is more favorable than MiX Telematics.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

45.7% of MiX Telematics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Global Arena shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of MiX Telematics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Global Arena has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MiX Telematics has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Global Arena and MiX Telematics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Arena	-61.77%	N/A	-111.08%
MiX Telematics	3.72%	8.45%	5.11%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global Arena and MiX Telematics”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Arena	$830,000.00	0.00	-$1.19 million	N/A	N/A
MiX Telematics	$150.06 million	2.36	$4.52 million	$0.25	58.20

MiX Telematics has higher revenue and earnings than Global Arena.

Summary

MiX Telematics beats Global Arena on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Arena

Global Arena Holding Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled paper absentee/mail ballot and online election services in the United States. The company offers voter authentication and registration software, which authenticates and registers voting members in a data look-up system; and scanning and tabulation software, an advanced OMR/OCR/Barcode scanning and tabulation software, as well as an online voting platform. It also explores opportunities in the oil, gas, mineral, and energy business. The company provides its services to craft and trade organizations, labor unions, political parties, co-operatives and housing organizations, associations and professional societies, universities, and political organizations. The company was formerly known as Global Arena Holding Subsidiary Corp and changed its name to Global Arena Holding Inc. in May 2011. Global Arena Holding Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

About MiX Telematics

MiX Telematics Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides fleet and mobile asset management solutions through software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model. It offers MiX Fleet Manager, a commercial fleet management solution comprising MyMiX, an innovative driver engagement platform; MiX Vision, an on-road and in-vehicle video recording solution; MiX Rovi, an in-vehicle display and communications system; MiX RIBAS and DriveMate, an in-cab driving aid solution; MiX Hours of Service, which allows real-time monitoring and compliance; MiX Journey Management, an easy-to-use electronic alternative to paper-based systems; and MiX OEM Connect allows customer instant, direct integration to relevant, and powerful telematics data. The company provides MiX Asset Manager, asset tracking products including generators, light towers, storage tanks and pumps, and asset management solution for visibility of corporate assets; and Matrix, a suite of mobile asset management solutions for entry-level fleets and consumers, which offers real-time and historical vehicle tracking, and positioning, unauthorized vehicle use alerts, panic emergency response, crash alerts, driver behavior alerts, fuel tax logbooks, and vehicle maintenance notifications. In addition, it offers Beam-e, a crowdsourcing platform to locate vehicles without the expense of utilizing a traditional cellular network connection. The company delivers fleet and mobile asset management solutions as SaaS to 1,001,800 subscribers in South Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Australia, Europe, and Brazil. MiX Telematics Limited was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.