Contrasting Coro Global (OTCMKTS:CGLO) and CoreCard (NYSE:CCRD)

CoreCard (NYSE:CCRD) and Coro Global (OTCMKTS:CGLO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

CoreCard has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coro Global has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CoreCard and Coro Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreCard	9.49%	10.52%	8.70%
Coro Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CoreCard and Coro Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreCard	0	1	0	0	2.00
Coro Global	0	0	0	0	0.00

CoreCard currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.39%. Given CoreCard’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CoreCard is more favorable than Coro Global.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.9% of CoreCard shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of CoreCard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Coro Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CoreCard and Coro Global”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreCard	$57.40 million	2.93	$3.39 million	$0.67	31.78
Coro Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CoreCard has higher revenue and earnings than Coro Global.

Summary

CoreCard beats Coro Global on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CoreCard

CoreCard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, offers technology solutions and processing services to the financial technology and services market in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. It designs, develops, and markets a suite of software solutions to program managers, accounts receivable businesses, financial institutions, retailers, and processors to manage their credit and debit cards, prepaid cards, private label cards, fleet cards, buy now pay later programs, loyalty programs, and accounts receivable and loan transactions. The company's software solutions allow companies to offer various types of transacting account or card issuing program, as well as installment and revolving loans; set up and maintain account data; record advances and payments; assess fees, interests, and other charges; resolve disputes and chargebacks; manage collections of accounts receivable; generate reports; and settle transactions with financial institutions and network schemes. The company was formerly known as Intelligent Systems Corporation and changed its name to CoreCard Corporation in December 2021. CoreCard Corporation was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia.

About Coro Global

Coro Global Inc. develops and commercializes financial technology products in the United States and the District of Columbia. It offers Coro, a mobile application that allows customers to send, receive, and exchange the United States dollars and gold; and Financial Crime Risk Management, an integrated anti-money laundering/know your customer onboarding and transaction monitoring solution that provides an integrated compliance solution for compliance departments. The company was formerly known as Hash Labs Inc. and changed its name to Coro Global Inc. in January 2020. Coro Global Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Miami, Florida.