Contrasting LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) & Betawave (OTCMKTS:BWAV)

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Betawave (OTCMKTS:BWAV) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LiveRamp and Betawave”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp	$707.17 million	2.79	$11.88 million	$0.05	605.60
Betawave	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than Betawave.

Volatility & Risk

LiveRamp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Betawave has a beta of -7.39, indicating that its stock price is 839% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LiveRamp and Betawave’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	0.40%	1.25%	0.98%
Betawave	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for LiveRamp and Betawave, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	0	1	6	0	2.86
Betawave	0	0	0	0	0.00

LiveRamp presently has a consensus price target of $41.14, suggesting a potential upside of 35.87%. Given LiveRamp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Betawave.

Summary

LiveRamp beats Betawave on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Betawave

Betawave Corporation provides online advertising services for a portfolio of websites. It delivers advertising to audiences of highly-engaged users. The company has a network of websites in three online categories: immersive casual gaming, virtual world, and social play and entertainment. It specializes in helping brand marketers reach the attentive audiences on various Web sites through ad formats. It serves advertisers in various categories, including consumer packaged goods, entertainment, consumer electronics and software, and retail. The company's advertising in the publisher sites includes direct sales category comprising IAB graphical advertising and rich media/immersive advertising; and remnant inventory category, which are advertising inventory on a website that is not sold directly to an advertiser. It sells its inventory and marketing services through a sales and marketing organization in the United States. The company was formerly known as GoFish Corporation and changed its name to Betawave Corporation in January 2009. Betawave Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California.