Financial Analysis: Gambling.com Group (NASDAQ:GRSD) versus Versant (NASDAQ:VSNT)

Gambling.com Group (NASDAQ:GRSD) and Versant (NASDAQ:VSNT) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

72.3% of Gambling.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Versant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gambling.com Group and Versant”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gambling.com Group	$165.45 million	0.31	-$32.93 million	($1.04)	-1.41
Versant	$6.69 billion	0.64	$930.00 million	$3.48	8.80

Versant has higher revenue and earnings than Gambling.com Group. Gambling.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Versant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Gambling.com Group and Versant’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gambling.com Group	-22.36%	13.87%	5.33%
Versant	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Gambling.com Group and Versant, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gambling.com Group	1	3	4	1	2.56
Versant	1	6	2	0	2.11

Gambling.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $6.43, suggesting a potential upside of 337.32%. Versant has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.34%. Given Gambling.com Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gambling.com Group is more favorable than Versant.

About Gambling.com Group

Gambling.com Group Limited operates as a performance marketing company for the online gambling industry worldwide. It provides digital marketing services for the iGaming and social casino products. The company's focus is on online casino, online sports betting, and fantasy sports industry. It publishes various branded websites, including Gambling.com, Casinos.com, RotoWire.com, and Bookies.com. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Saint Helier, Jersey.

About Versant

Versant Corporation is a provider of data management software. The Company designs, develops, markets and supports database management system products that companies use to solve data management and data integration issues. It also provides related product support, training and consulting services to assist users of the Company’s products in developing and deploying software applications based on its products. The Company’s Versant Object Database product is used primarily by enterprises, which have data management requirements, such as technology providers, telecommunications carriers, Government defense agencies, defense contractors, healthcare companies and companies in the financial services and transportation industries. In addition to its product offerings, to assist users in their development and deployment of applications based on the Versant Object Database, FastObjects and db4o, it offers related professional services.