Financial Survey: Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) versus Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM)

Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) and Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pinelawn Cemetery and Smart Share Global”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinelawn Cemetery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Share Global	$1.96 billion	0.07	$12.36 million	$0.03	18.51

Smart Share Global has higher revenue and earnings than Pinelawn Cemetery.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.0% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pinelawn Cemetery and Smart Share Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinelawn Cemetery	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smart Share Global	3.10%	2.23%	1.39%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Pinelawn Cemetery and Smart Share Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinelawn Cemetery	0	0	0	0	N/A
Smart Share Global	0	0	1	0	3.00

Smart Share Global has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.60%. Given Smart Share Global’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smart Share Global is more favorable than Pinelawn Cemetery.

Summary

Smart Share Global beats Pinelawn Cemetery on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pinelawn Cemetery

Pinelawn Cemetery provides cremation services. It primarily offers cremation services at Memorial Gardens and Garden Mausoleums. The company is based in Farmingdale, New York.

About Smart Share Global

Smart Share Global Limited, a consumer tech company, provides mobile device charging services in the People's Republic of China. The company provides mobile device charging services through online and offline networks; and rents power banks. It offers services through its power banks placed in points of interests (POIs) operated by its location partners, such as entertainment venues, restaurants, shopping centers, hotels, transportation hubs, and public spaces. The company also offers advertising services, as well as sells merchandises through online platform or distributors. Smart Share Global Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.