Financial Contrast: Net Savings Link (OTCMKTS:NSAV) versus Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX)

Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and Net Savings Link (OTCMKTS:NSAV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Tucows and Net Savings Link, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tucows	1	0	0	0	1.00
Net Savings Link	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Net Savings Link’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Net Savings Link is more favorable than Tucows.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Tucows shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Net Savings Link shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Tucows has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Net Savings Link has a beta of 3.09, indicating that its share price is 209% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Tucows and Net Savings Link’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tucows	-19.43%	N/A	-8.88%
Net Savings Link	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tucows and Net Savings Link”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tucows	$390.30 million	0.53	-$75.82 million	($6.84)	-2.74
Net Savings Link	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Net Savings Link has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tucows.

About Tucows

Tucows Inc. provides network access, domain name registration, email, mobile telephony, and other Internet services in North America and Europe. It operates in three segments: Ting, Wavelo and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides fiber and fixed wireless internet services. The Wavelo segment offers individual developer tools, subscription, billing management, network orchestration, and provisioning services. This segment also provides billing solutions under Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment offers name registration, as well as value added services under OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG, and Hover brands. The company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Net Savings Link

Net Savings Link, Inc. operates as a cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital asset technology company. It holds interests in Cryptocurrency Trading Platform based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and offers a range of trading services, such as portfolio management and price search function. This platform supports various cryptocurrency exchanges. The company is based in London, the United Kingdom.