Head-To-Head Survey: Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC) & ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET)

ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) and Beyond Commerce (OTCMKTS:BYOC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Beyond Commerce”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZW Data Action Technologies	$24.40 million	0.16	-$5.97 million	($2.48)	-0.75
Beyond Commerce	$3.56 million	0.00	-$2.28 million	N/A	N/A

Beyond Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZW Data Action Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Beyond Commerce’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZW Data Action Technologies	-18.42%	-67.57%	-34.58%
Beyond Commerce	-72.53%	N/A	-59.32%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for ZW Data Action Technologies and Beyond Commerce, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZW Data Action Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Beyond Commerce	0	0	0	0	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Beyond Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

ZW Data Action Technologies has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Commerce has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ZW Data Action Technologies beats Beyond Commerce on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About Beyond Commerce

Beyond Commerce, Inc. engages in the business-to-business Internet marketing technology and services, and information management market businesses. It offers content, business process management, customer feedback management, customer experience management, business network, and BYOC analytics services. The company was formerly known as BOOMj, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Commerce, Inc. in February 2009. Beyond Commerce, Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.