Head to Head Contrast: GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) & Code Rebel (OTCMKTS:CDRBQ)

GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) and Code Rebel (OTCMKTS:CDRBQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for GitLab and Code Rebel, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GitLab	0	3	23	1	2.93
Code Rebel	0	0	0	0	0.00

GitLab currently has a consensus target price of $76.42, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given GitLab’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GitLab is more favorable than Code Rebel.

Volatility & Risk

GitLab has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Code Rebel has a beta of 50.13, suggesting that its share price is 4,913% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GitLab and Code Rebel”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GitLab	$579.91 million	19.54	-$424.17 million	($0.32)	-218.19
Code Rebel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Code Rebel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GitLab.

Profitability

This table compares GitLab and Code Rebel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GitLab	-6.83%	-11.72%	-5.98%
Code Rebel	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.0% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of GitLab shares are held by company 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.

Summary

GitLab beats Code Rebel on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GitLab

GitLab Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops software for the software development lifecycle in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers GitLab, a DevOps platform, which is a single application that leads to faster cycle time and allows visibility throughout and control over various stages of the DevOps lifecycle. The company helps organizations to plan, build, secure, and deploy software to drive business outcomes. It also provides related training and professional services. The company was formerly known as GitLab B.V. and changed its name to GitLab Inc. in July 2015. GitLab Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Code Rebel

Code Rebel Corporation operates as a software and information technology (IT) services company. It operates in two segments, Software and IT Services. The Software segment develops, markets, and licenses interactive remote application terminal services solution (iRAPP). The iRAPP allows personal computers users to use applications on a single Mac remote desktop simultaneously via the iRAPP client or any standard compliant remote desktop protocol client. This segment offers iRAPP client-side products for Mac OS X and Windows applications; iRAPP terminal server products, including iRAPP-single-user remote desktop and iRAPP-TS multiple-user terminal server for Mac OS X applications; and iRAPP access products, such as iRAPP Load Balancer and iRAPP Gateway. The IT Services segment provides Independent Software Vendor relationships (ISVs)/channel partner platforms, which provide project management, application, and technical consulting, as well as database administration for implementing projects and managed-services engagements; and professional services consulting that implements, upgrades, and maintains software packages those ISVs offer to their clients. Code Rebel Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Kahului, Hawaii.