Reviewing Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) & Scienjoy (NASDAQ:SJ)

Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and Scienjoy (NASDAQ:SJ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Tucows has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scienjoy has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Tucows and Scienjoy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tucows	0	0	0	0	N/A
Scienjoy	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Tucows and Scienjoy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tucows	$321.14 million	0.69	-$27.57 million	($6.62)	-3.06
Scienjoy	$283.20 million	0.40	$28.03 million	$0.35	8.56

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

74.2% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Scienjoy shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Tucows shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of Scienjoy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Tucows and Scienjoy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tucows	-22.17%	-71.93%	-8.45%
Scienjoy	5.86%	9.09%	7.17%

Summary

Scienjoy beats Tucows on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tucows

Tucows Inc. provides network access, domain name registration, email, mobile telephony, and other Internet services in Canada, the United States, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Ting, Wavelo and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides fiber and fixed wireless internet services. The Wavelo segment offers individual developer tools, subscription, billing management, network orchestration, and provisioning services. This segment also provides billing solutions under Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment offers name registration and value added services under OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG and Hover brands. The company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Scienjoy

Scienjoy Holding Corporation provides mobile live streaming platforms in the People's Republic of China. The company focuses on interactive show live streaming from broadcasters to users. Its platforms enable users to view and interact with broadcasters through online chat, virtual items, and playing games. The company operates live streaming platforms under the Showself Live Streaming, Lehai Live Streaming, Haixiu Live Streaming, BeeLive Live Streaming, and Hongle Live Streaming names. It also offers technical development and advisory services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Hangzhou City, the People's Republic of China.