Reviewing Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) and Balincan USA (OTCMKTS:BCNN)

Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) and Balincan USA (OTCMKTS:BCNN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Thryv and Balincan USA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thryv	0	0	1	0	3.00
Balincan USA	0	0	0	0	N/A

Thryv currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.09%. Given Thryv’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Thryv is more favorable than Balincan USA.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Thryv and Balincan USA”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thryv	$877.69 million	0.75	-$259.30 million	($7.52)	-2.43
Balincan USA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Balincan USA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Thryv.

Risk and Volatility

Thryv has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balincan USA has a beta of 6.31, suggesting that its stock price is 531% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.4% of Thryv shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Thryv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.8% of Balincan USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Thryv and Balincan USA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thryv	-30.83%	2.17%	0.58%
Balincan USA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Thryv beats Balincan USA on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thryv

Thryv Holdings, Inc. provides digital marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the small-to-medium sized businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Thryv U.S. Marketing Services, Thryv U.S. SaaS, Thryv International Marketing Services, and Thryv International SaaS. The company provides print yellow pages, internet yellow pages, and search engine marketing; and other digital media solutions, such as online display and social advertising, online presence and video, and search engine optimization tools. It also offers command center that enables SMBs to centralize all their communication through a modular, expandable, and customizable platform; and business center, a SMB end-to-end customer experience platform, which offers customer relationship management, appointment scheduling, estimate and invoice creation, payments, document management, social media content, and online review management. In addition, the company provides marketing center, a marketing and advertising platform for AutoID, enhanced online presence, omni-channel paid campaigns, and marketing tools; Thryv Add-ons provides AI-assisted website development, SEO tools, google business profile optimization, and Hub by Thryv; and ThryvPay, a payment solution that allows users to get paid via credit card and ACH. The company was formerly known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc. Thryv Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in DFW Airport, Texas.

About Balincan USA

Tekumo LLC designs and develops on-demand service as a service (SaaS)-based platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.