ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) versus Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) Head-To-Head Contrast

ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) and Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

ZW Data Action Technologies has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sportradar Group has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Sportradar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZW Data Action Technologies	-26.48%	-89.60%	-42.06%
Sportradar Group	5.61%	6.69%	2.63%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Sportradar Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZW Data Action Technologies	$30.58 million	0.10	-$5.97 million	($2.70)	-0.61
Sportradar Group	$949.77 million	25.07	$37.51 million	$0.20	107.11

Sportradar Group has higher revenue and earnings than ZW Data Action Technologies. ZW Data Action Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sportradar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for ZW Data Action Technologies and Sportradar Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZW Data Action Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sportradar Group	0	1	7	0	2.88

Sportradar Group has a consensus target price of $17.25, indicating a potential downside of 19.47%. Given Sportradar Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sportradar Group is more favorable than ZW Data Action Technologies.

Summary

Sportradar Group beats ZW Data Action Technologies on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About Sportradar Group

Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.