Analyzing Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR) and U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW)

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Triller Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of U.S. Global Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Triller Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of U.S. Global Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Triller Group and U.S. Global Investors”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triller Group	$54.19 million	1.43	-$49.21 million	($1.22)	-1.56
U.S. Global Investors	$10.98 million	3.03	$1.33 million	$0.13	18.92

U.S. Global Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Triller Group. Triller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Global Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Triller Group has a beta of -1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 235% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Global Investors has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Triller Group and U.S. Global Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triller Group	-139.01%	-805.50%	-54.21%
U.S. Global Investors	18.23%	3.68%	3.48%

Summary

U.S. Global Investors beats Triller Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triller Group

Triller Corp. operates Triller app, an artificial intelligence powered technology platform. The company’s platform enables creators, such as influencers, artists, athletes, public figures, and consumer brands build direct relationships with audiences to create awareness, drive content consumption, generate commerce, and shape culture. The company’s application is a short-form video app that allows users to access user and professionally generated content from creators worldwide. The company also produces content under the own and third-party brands, including trendsetting music, sports, lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment media that creates cultural moments, attracts users to its offerings, and drives social interaction that serves as a cultural wellspring across digital society. Triller Corp. was formerly known as Triller, Inc. and changed its name to Triller Corp. in March 2023. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Triller Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Proxima Media LLC. As of October 15, 2024, Triller Corp. acquired AGBA Group Holding Limited (NasdaqCM:AGBA) in reverse merger transaction.

About U.S. Global Investors

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. It primarily provides its services to investment companies. The firm is a large advisory firm, an investment adviser to an investment company which provides portfolio management for investment companies. The firm manages and launches equity/balanced funds, fixed income funds and other funds. It also manages hedge funds. The firm primarily invests in no-load mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs). U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is based in San Antonio, Texas.