Cango (NYSE:CANG) vs. PCCW (OTCMKTS:PCWLF) Financial Comparison

Cango (NYSE:CANG) and PCCW (OTCMKTS:PCWLF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.2% of Cango shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of Cango shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PCCW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Cango has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCCW has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cango and PCCW, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cango	2	0	1	1	2.25
PCCW	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cango presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 581.82%. Given Cango’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cango is more favorable than PCCW.

Profitability

This table compares Cango and PCCW’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cango	-83.92%	-49.13%	-24.42%
PCCW	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cango and PCCW”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cango	$688.08 million	0.13	$41.07 million	($2.97)	-0.15
PCCW	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cango has higher revenue and earnings than PCCW.

Summary

Cango beats PCCW on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cango

Cango Inc. operates an automotive transaction service platform that connects dealers, original equipment manufacturers, financial institutions, car buyers, insurance brokers, and companies in the People's Republic of China. The company offers automobile trading solutions comprising car sourcing, transaction facilitation, logistics, and warehousing support for dealers through Cango Haoche app that offers new car transaction services, and Cango U-Car app that offers used-car transaction services. It also provides automotive financing facilitation services that include facilitating financing transactions from financial institutions to car buyers, which comprises credit origination, credit assessment, credit servicing, and delinquent asset management services; facilitating financing transactions of car purchases for car buyers; and after-market services to car buyers, which includes facilitating the sale of insurance policies from insurance brokers or companies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About PCCW

PCCW Limited provides telecommunications and related services in Hong Kong, Mainland and other parts of China, Singapore, and internationally. The company’s services include local telephony, local data and broadband, mobile, enterprise solutions, international telecommunications, and satellite-based and network-based telecommunications services; outsourcing, consulting, and contact center services; and technical consulting and engineering services. It also provides free television, pay television program, and interactive multimedia services; sells advertising in various telephone directories and on the Internet; publishes directories; sells mobile handsets and accessories; distributes media content; and mobile video on demand and advertising services through OTT platform. In addition, the company offers broadcasting and related services, management and engineering support services, customer relationship management and customer contact management solutions, and media content services; and over-the-top video services under the Viu brand, as well as sells customer premises equipment and related solutions. Further, it engages in the sale, distribution, and marketing of telecommunication products and services; provision of data services; software development, systems integration, consulting, and informatization activities; the provision of computer and IP/IT related value-added services to business customers; operates customer loyalty program and online merchandise sales; and content production, talent management, and entertainment business. Additionally, the company offers e-commerce, travel, insurance, big data analytics, fintech, and health-tech services. PCCW Limited was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.