Reviewing VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) and Rezolve AI (NASDAQ:RZLV)

Rezolve AI (NASDAQ:RZLV) and VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

72.8% of VNET Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of VNET Group shares are owned by 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 Rezolve AI and VNET Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rezolve AI	N/A	N/A	-12.01%
VNET Group	-34.62%	-11.44%	-2.57%

Volatility and Risk

Rezolve AI has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VNET Group has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rezolve AI and VNET Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rezolve AI	$145,051.00	417.82	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A
VNET Group	$1.04 billion	0.99	-$372.38 million	($2.64)	-1.52

Rezolve AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VNET Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Rezolve AI and VNET Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rezolve AI	0	0	0	0	N/A
VNET Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

VNET Group has a consensus price target of $3.35, indicating a potential downside of 16.04%. Given VNET Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VNET Group is more favorable than Rezolve AI.

Summary

VNET Group beats Rezolve AI on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rezolve AI

Rezolve Limited develops and offers a retail and engagement technology solution that acts as an instant transaction tool for mobile devices. Its tool allows users to discover and purchase goods and services, provide personal details in response to advertising, pay a bill, make a charitable donation, and more through a mobile device. The company serves brands and media houses, and banks and mobile network operators. Rezolve Limited was formerly known as POWA COMMERCE LIMITED and changed its name to Rezolve Limited in March 2016. Rezolve Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

About VNET Group

VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides server administration services, such as operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.