Contrasting Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and Cielo (OTCMKTS:CIOXY)

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and Cielo (OTCMKTS:CIOXY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.8% of Getty Images shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cielo shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Getty Images shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Getty Images and Cielo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	0	2	3	0	2.60
Cielo	0	0	0	0	N/A

Getty Images currently has a consensus target price of $5.64, indicating a potential upside of 62.54%. Given Getty Images’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than Cielo.

Profitability

This table compares Getty Images and Cielo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	4.19%	9.36%	2.44%
Cielo	17.54%	12.28%	1.80%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Getty Images and Cielo”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Getty Images	$916.55 million	1.55	$19.34 million	$0.06	57.83
Cielo	$2.12 billion	1.08	$418.05 million	$0.16	5.31

Cielo has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Images. Cielo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Images, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Getty Images has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cielo has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Getty Images beats Cielo on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Getty Images

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. offers creative and editorial visual content solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Its products include Getty Images that offers creative and editorial content including stills, music and video which focuses on corporate, agency, and media customers; iStock.com, an e-commerce offering where customers have access to creative stills and video; Unsplash.com, a platform offering free stock photo downloads and paid subscriptions targeted to the high-growth prosumer and semi-professional creator segments; and Unsplash+ that provides access to unique model released content with expanded legal protections. In addition, it maintains privately-owned photographic archives covering news, sport, and entertainment, as well as variety of subjects, including lifestyle, business, science, health, wellness, beauty, sports, transportation, and travel. Further, the company provides music licensing, and digital asset management and distribution services. It serves media outlets, advertising agencies and corporations, individual creators, and prosumers. The company was formerly known as Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Cielo

Cielo S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides payment services in Brazil and the United States. The company provides services related to credit and debit cards, and other payment methods, including signing up of merchants and service providers; rental, installation, and maintenance of point-of-sale terminals; and data capture and processing of electronic and manual transactions, as well as the issuance and management of payment accounts. It also offers services related to the processing means of payments that involve cards, maintenance services, and contacts with merchants for acceptance of credit and debit cards; development and licensing of computer software; electronic transactions processing; and technology services for collection and management of accounts payable and receivable using the Internet. The company was formerly known as Companhia Brasileira de Meios de Pagamento and changed its name to Cielo S.A. in December 2009. Cielo S.A. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Barueri, Brazil.