Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) versus Chineseinvestors.Com (OTCMKTS:CIIX) Head-To-Head Review

Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) and Chineseinvestors.Com (OTCMKTS:CIIX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sohu.com and Chineseinvestors.Com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sohu.com	0	0	1	0	3.00
Chineseinvestors.Com	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sohu.com currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.87%. Given Sohu.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sohu.com is more favorable than Chineseinvestors.Com.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.0% of Sohu.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sohu.com and Chineseinvestors.Com”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sohu.com	$598.40 million	0.78	-$100.27 million	$4.17	3.72
Chineseinvestors.Com	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Chineseinvestors.Com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sohu.com.

Profitability

This table compares Sohu.com and Chineseinvestors.Com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sohu.com	22.70%	-6.37%	-3.74%
Chineseinvestors.Com	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sohu.com beats Chineseinvestors.Com on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sohu.com

Sohu.com Limited engages in the provision of online media, video, and game products and services on personal computers (PCs) and mobile devices in China. It operates through two segments: Sohu and Changyou. The company offers online news, information, and content services through the mobile phone application Sohu News APP, mobile portal m.sohu.com, and www.sohu.com for PCs; and online video content and services through mobile phone application Sohu Video APP and tv.sohu.com, as well as ifox, a video application for PC. It also operates Focus (www.focus.cn), which provides online real estate information and services; and 17173.com website, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos, and other online game information services to game players, as well as offers mobile game distribution services. In addition, the company offers interactive online games for PCs and mobile devices. Further, it provides paid subscription and interactive broadcasting services. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

About Chineseinvestors.Com

Chineseinvestors.com, Inc. engages in the provision of Chinese language web-based real-time financial information. Its services include real-time market commentary, analysis, and educational-related services in Chinese language character sets, support services, consultancy services to smaller private companies considering becoming a public company, and advertising and public relation-related support services. The company was founded by Wei Wang on January 6, 1997 and is headquartered in San Gabriel, CA.