Head to Head Comparison: Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) vs. Cheer (NASDAQ:CHR)

Cheer (NASDAQ:CHR) and Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cheer and Five9, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheer	0	0	0	0	N/A
Five9	0	2	13	0	2.87

Five9 has a consensus price target of $80.71, indicating a potential upside of 81.63%. Given Five9’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Five9 is more favorable than Cheer.

Volatility and Risk

Cheer has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five9 has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Cheer and Five9’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Five9	-6.56%	-9.09%	-2.88%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cheer and Five9’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheer	$152.33 million	0.17	$30.48 million	N/A	N/A
Five9	$910.49 million	3.61	-$81.76 million	($0.85)	-52.28

Cheer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Five9.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.5% of Cheer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Five9 shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Cheer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Five9 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Five9 beats Cheer on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cheer

Cheer Holding, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides advertisement and content production services in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Cheers APP Internet Business and Traditional Media Businesses segments. The company also engages in mobile and online advertising, and media and entertainment businesses. In addition, it operates CHEERS app, an integrated e-commerce service with professionally produced content; CHEERS Video app, a media platform that engages users with content; and CHEERS e-Mall, an e-Mall app that offers products to the users through third party merchants through live streaming, online short videos, and online games. The company also provides CHEERS Telepathy, an artificial intelligence content creation platform; CHEERS Open Data, a platform that provides industry solutions; CheerCar, an interactive entertainment app; CheerReal, a digital collection NFT app; and production, such as short videos, online variety shows, online drama, live stream, and Cheers series. In addition, it is developing CheerChat App, a social app; and CHEERS Metaverse, a platform to provide immersive digital experiences. The company was formerly known as Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited and changed its name to Cheer Holding, Inc. in November 2023. Cheer Holding, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Five9

Five9, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent cloud software for contact centers in the United States and internationally. It offers a virtual contact center cloud platform that delivers a suite of applications, which enables the breadth of contact center-related customer service, sales, and marketing functions. The company's platform comprises of including interactive virtual agent, agent assist, workflow automation, workforce engagement management, AI insights, and AI summaries that allows to manage and optimize customer interactions across voice, chat, email, web, social media, and mobile channels directly or through its application programming interfaces. It also matches each customer interaction with an agent resource and delivers customer data to the agent in real-time through integrations with adjacent enterprise applications, such as CRM software, to optimize the customer experience and enhance agent productivity. The company serves customers in various industries, such as banking and financial services, business process outsourcers, retail, healthcare, technology, and education. Five9, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.