Contrasting Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) & Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD)

Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Applied Digital has a beta of 4.65, meaning that its share price is 365% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Applied Digital and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Applied Digital	0	0	6	0	3.00
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Applied Digital currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.86%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Applied Digital and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Applied Digital	$165.57 million	11.39	-$149.27 million	($1.17)	-7.49
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$21.36 million	0.14	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Applied Digital.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Applied Digital and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Applied Digital	-74.95%	-88.87%	-20.16%
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Applied Digital beats Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.