Analyzing Data Storage (OTCMKTS:DTST) & Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI)

Data Storage (OTCMKTS:DTST – Get Rating) and Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Data Storage and Bilibili’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Data Storage	-4.23%	-4.30%	-3.57%
Bilibili	-34.55%	-44.38%	-16.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Data Storage and Bilibili, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Data Storage	0	0	1	0	3.00
Bilibili	0	5	5	0	2.50

Data Storage presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 381.93%. Bilibili has a consensus target price of $23.28, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Data Storage’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Data Storage is more favorable than Bilibili.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Data Storage and Bilibili’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Data Storage	$14.88 million	0.76	$270,000.00	($0.17)	-9.76
Bilibili	$3.18 billion	2.59	-$1.11 billion	($2.84)	-7.43

Data Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bilibili. Data Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bilibili, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Data Storage has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bilibili has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.0% of Data Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Bilibili shares are held by institutional investors. 42.6% of Data Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Bilibili shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Data Storage beats Bilibili on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Data Storage

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Data Storage Corp. engages in the provision of business continuity services. These services include disaster recovery, infrastructure as a service, and cyber security. Its other services and solutions include data protection services, data center and security, voice and data solutions, and email archival solutions. The company was founded by Charles M. Piluso in June 2001 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.

About Bilibili

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Bilibili, Inc. is a holding company, which represents the iconic brand of online entertainment for young generations in China. It offers a wide array of content serving young generations’ diverse interests. The firm enables broad video-based content consumption scenarios centered around professional user generated videos (PUGV) supplemented with live broadcasting, occupationally generated videos, or occupationally generated videos (OGV), and more. The company was founded by Xu Yi in June 2009 and is headquartered Shanghai, China.