Reviewing Global-E Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) & SharpLink Gaming (NASDAQ:SBET)

Global-E Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) and SharpLink Gaming (NASDAQ:SBET) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Global-E Online and SharpLink Gaming’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global-E Online	$632.89 million	8.93	-$133.80 million	($0.74)	-46.51
SharpLink Gaming	$4.33 million	0.53	-$14.24 million	N/A	N/A

SharpLink Gaming has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global-E Online.

Volatility and Risk

Global-E Online has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SharpLink Gaming has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Global-E Online and SharpLink Gaming, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global-E Online	0	0	11	0	3.00
SharpLink Gaming	0	0	0	0	N/A

Global-E Online presently has a consensus price target of $42.82, indicating a potential upside of 24.40%. Given Global-E Online’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Global-E Online is more favorable than SharpLink Gaming.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.6% of Global-E Online shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.8% of SharpLink Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Global-E Online shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of SharpLink Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Global-E Online and SharpLink Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global-E Online	-17.33%	-16.41%	-12.78%
SharpLink Gaming	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

SharpLink Gaming beats Global-E Online on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global-E Online

Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. Its platform enables international shoppers to buy online and merchants to sell from, and to, worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

About SharpLink Gaming

SharpLink Gaming, Inc. operates as an online technology company that connects sports fans, leagues, and sports websites to sports betting and iGaming content. The company operates through four segments: Affiliate Marketing Services United States, Affiliate Marketing Services International, Sports Gaming Client Services, and SportsHub Games Network. It operates a performance marketing platform, which owns and operates state-specific web domains to attract, acquire, and drive local sports betting and casino traffic directly to the company's sportsbook and casino partners, which are licensed to operate in each respective state; and offers sports betting data to sports media publishers. It also provides iGaming and affiliate marketing network, which focuses on delivering quality traffic and player acquisitions, and retention and conversions to global iGaming operator partners worldwide; and development, hosting, operations, maintenance, and service of free-to-play games and contests. In addition, the company owns and operates various real-money fantasy sports and sports simulation games and mobile apps on its platform; and is licensed or authorized to operate in every state in the United States, where fantasy sports play is legal and in which SportsHub has elected to operate based on the financial viability. SharpLink Gaming, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.