OSR (NASDAQ:OSRH – Get Free Report) and Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares OSR and Currenc Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OSR | N/A | -6.66% | -4.90% |
| Currenc Group | -84.72% | N/A | -34.02% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for OSR and Currenc Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Currenc Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
55.3% of OSR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Currenc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.6% of OSR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Currenc Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
OSR has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currenc Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares OSR and Currenc Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OSR | N/A | N/A | -$2.41 million | ($1.12) | -0.44 |
| Currenc Group | $46.44 million | 3.23 | -$39.47 million | ($0.88) | -2.24 |
OSR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currenc Group. Currenc Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Currenc Group beats OSR on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OSR
OSR Holdings leverages its international network of partners in the US, Europe, and South Korea to market and license its pipeline of proprietary platform technologies for broad application to efficient clinical trial programs, with the ultimate goal of addressing unmet medical needs. We partner with biotherapeutics companies with innovative and proprietary drug R&D “platform technologies” versus “assets only” companies, whose commercial viability is heavily dependent on positive results for individual treatment modalities in extremely rigorous and time consuming clinical trials. We focus on value creation through investments and collaborations with US and EU biotech companies, with the strategic goal of expansion into South Korea (specifically) and Asia (generally). OSR Holdings is headquartered in Paju, South Korea.
About Currenc Group
Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.
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