Financial Contrast: Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) & TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK)

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) and TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and TaskUs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A
TaskUs	5.44%	16.93%	8.64%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of TaskUs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and TaskUs”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$23.00 million	0.14	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A
TaskUs	$924.36 million	1.82	$45.69 million	$0.55	34.44

TaskUs has higher revenue and earnings than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Volatility & Risk

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and TaskUs, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	0.00
TaskUs	1	4	2	0	2.14

TaskUs has a consensus target price of $16.43, indicating a potential downside of 13.26%. Given TaskUs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TaskUs is more favorable than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Summary

TaskUs beats Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

About TaskUs

TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including experience and customer care services for new product or market launches, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also provides trust and safety solutions, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated visual, text, and audio content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content, as well as risk management, compliance, identity management, and fraud services; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, technology, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.