Comparing TD (NASDAQ:GLG) & GD Culture Group (NASDAQ:GDC)

TD (NASDAQ:GLG – Get Rating) and GD Culture Group (NASDAQ:GDC – Get Rating) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

TD has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GD Culture Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TD and GD Culture Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TD	$156.84 million	0.56	$4.53 million	N/A	N/A
GD Culture Group	$153,304.00	39.93	-$30.82 million	N/A	N/A

TD has higher revenue and earnings than GD Culture Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.2% of TD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of GD Culture Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.8% of TD shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of GD Culture Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares TD and GD Culture Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TD	2.50%	1.25%	1.07%
GD Culture Group	N/A	171.40%	96.96%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for TD and GD Culture Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TD	0	0	0	0	N/A
GD Culture Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

GD Culture Group beats TD on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TD

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TD Holdings, Inc. engages in the sale of metal products and provision of supply chain solutions. It operates through the Commodities Trading Business and Supply Chain Service Business segments. The Commodities Trading Business segment is involved in purchasing non-ferrous metal product from metal and mineral suppliers. The Supply Chain Service Business segment offers commodity supply chain service and digital intelligence supply chain platform integrating upstream and downstream enterprises, warehouses, logistics, information, and futures trading. The company was founded on December 19, 2011 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

About GD Culture Group

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GD Culture Group Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in trading services through its subsidiaries. The company was founded on February 6, 2018 and is headquartered in Chengdu, China.