Financial Comparison: SMC Entertainment (SMCE) and Its Peers

SMC Entertainment (OTCMKTS:SMCE) is one of 144 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare SMC Entertainment to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

SMC Entertainment has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMC Entertainment’s rivals have a beta of 1.09, suggesting that their average stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SMC Entertainment and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMC Entertainment	N/A	-$1.56 million	-0.15
SMC Entertainment Competitors	$1.23 billion	$8.07 million	-0.10

SMC Entertainment’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than SMC Entertainment. SMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 41.2% of SMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for SMC Entertainment and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMC Entertainment	0	0	0	0	N/A
SMC Entertainment Competitors	797	4258	5731	125	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 17.73%. Given SMC Entertainment’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SMC Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares SMC Entertainment and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMC Entertainment	N/A	-8.75%	-235.79%
SMC Entertainment Competitors	-149.15%	-1,892.16%	-8.35%

Summary

SMC Entertainment rivals beat SMC Entertainment on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About SMC Entertainment

SMC Entertainment, Inc. focuses on the acquisition and support of financial technology companies in the United States. The company develops and provides technology that combines artificial intelligence (AI) /machine learning (ML) driven Quantitative investing (IQ Engine) with AI-enabled wealth management tools; and offers IQ Engine, an AI driven contextual analyzer that creates a repository of various equity research. It markets a software-as-a-service (SaaS) proprietary platform for certified public accountants, financial institutions, and registered investment advisors. The company was formerly known as SMC Recordings, Inc. and changed its name to SMC Entertainment, Inc. in May 2011. SMC Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.