Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Undervalued vs peers
About
InfoNow Corporation specializes in delivering on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) channel management solutions, primarily for Fortune 1000 enterprises. Its core offering, Channelinsight Channel Sales Management, streamlines the automated gathering, reconciliation, standardization, and enrichment of critical channel data. This robust platform encompasses the Channelinsight Partner Network, which ensures extensive partner reach by integrating detailed point-of-sale (POS) and inventory information from distributors, resellers, and retailers. Additionally, it features the Channelinsight Directory, offering a worldwide perspective on high-tech resellers and their clientele, and the Channelinsight Operations Manager, designed to validate, monitor, structure, and categorize partner POS and inventory data according to user-defined criteria. The company further provides the Channel Sales Management Application Suite, comprising several specialized tools. Channelinsight Analytics offers business users and analysts immediate visibility into channel performance; Channelinsight for Salesforce assists in overseeing channel sales activities; Channelinsight Inventory Manager optimizes stock levels throughout the channel; Channelinsight Discount Manager works to curb excessive price reductions; and Channelinsight Incentive Manager is built to enhance the effectiveness of incentive programs. InfoNow’s product lineup also includes Channelinsight Express, which grants mid-market businesses real-time access to point-of-sale data, and DataConnect, an automated utility for extracting, processing, formatting, and transmitting sales data from a specific manufacturer to their designated collection portal. Beyond its software, the firm offers a range of professional services, such as best practices assessments, customer master data refinement, bespoke channel data exports and imports, master data integration support, and specialized analytics consulting. Established in 1990 and based in Denver, Colorado, InfoNow Corporation caters to diverse sectors including high-tech distribution, financial services, consumer electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, and industrial industries.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is undervalued relative to its peers. In particular, the stock is 'expensive' on EV/EBITDA, undervalued on P/FC.