Critical Contrast: ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) and Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI)

Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 4.41, meaning that its share price is 341% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZW Data Action Technologies has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Beasley Broadcast Group and ZW Data Action Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beasley Broadcast Group	-55.68%	-96.53%	-5.84%
ZW Data Action Technologies	-23.98%	-20.22%	-8.58%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Beasley Broadcast Group and ZW Data Action Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beasley Broadcast Group	1	1	0	1	2.33
ZW Data Action Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Beasley Broadcast Group and ZW Data Action Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beasley Broadcast Group	$205.94 million	0.17	-$196.55 million	($59.65)	-0.33
ZW Data Action Technologies	$4.61 million	1.11	-$1.77 million	($0.25)	-5.56

ZW Data Action Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group. ZW Data Action Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beasley Broadcast Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats ZW Data Action Technologies on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beasley Broadcast Group

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., a multi-platform media company, owns and operates radio stations in the United States. The company offers local and national advertisers integrated marketing solutions across audio, digital, and event platforms. It operates Houston Outlaws, an esports team that competes in the Overwatch League; and an esports team that competes in the Rocket League. Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is based in Naples, Florida.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.