Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) & DouYu International (NASDAQ:DOYU) Critical Comparison

Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) and DouYu International (NASDAQ:DOYU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Sportradar Group and DouYu International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sportradar Group	0	1	7	0	2.88
DouYu International	2	0	0	0	1.00

Sportradar Group presently has a consensus price target of $16.38, indicating a potential downside of 9.78%. DouYu International has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. Given DouYu International’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DouYu International is more favorable than Sportradar Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.9% of DouYu International shares are held by institutional investors. 85.0% of Sportradar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of DouYu International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sportradar Group and DouYu International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sportradar Group	5.61%	6.69%	2.63%
DouYu International	-4.39%	-2.92%	-2.38%

Risk and Volatility

Sportradar Group has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DouYu International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sportradar Group and DouYu International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sportradar Group	$1.05 billion	19.17	$37.51 million	$0.20	90.75
DouYu International	$4.43 billion	0.08	$5.00 million	($0.88)	-12.25

Sportradar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DouYu International. DouYu International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sportradar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Sportradar Group beats DouYu International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sportradar Group

Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

About DouYu International

DouYu International Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a platform on PC and mobile apps that provides interactive games and entertainment live streaming services in the People’s Republic of China. Its platform connects game developers and publishers, professional eSports teams or players and eSports tournament organizers, advertisers, and viewers. The company also sponsors professional players and teams, as well as organizes eSports tournaments. In addition, it streams other content to include a spectrum of live streaming entertainment options, such as talent shows, music, outdoor, and travel. Further, the company records and offers video clips to allow users to watch replays of selective live streaming content; and graphics that include game guides, tutorials, news, and other types of content. DouYu International Holdings Limited was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Wuhan, the People’s Republic of China.