Reviewing ATA Creativity Global (NASDAQ:AACG) and Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group (NASDAQ:VEDU)

ATA Creativity Global (NASDAQ:AACG) and Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group (NASDAQ:VEDU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ATA Creativity Global and Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATA Creativity Global	0	0	0	0	N/A
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Risk and Volatility

ATA Creativity Global has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ATA Creativity Global and Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATA Creativity Global	$31.21 million	0.88	-$4.74 million	($0.16)	-5.38
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group	$8.43 million	0.74	-$3.47 million	N/A	N/A

Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ATA Creativity Global.

Profitability

This table compares ATA Creativity Global and Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATA Creativity Global	-15.27%	-29.92%	-7.31%
Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.7% of ATA Creativity Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of ATA Creativity Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group beats ATA Creativity Global on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ATA Creativity Global

ATA Creativity Global, together with its subsidiaries, provides educational services to individual students through its training center network in China and internationally. Its educational services include portfolio training, research-based learning, overseas study counselling, in-school art classes through cooperation with high schools, foreign language training services, junior art education, in-school art classes, junior art education, and other related educational services to its students. The company also offers online courses for students. The company was formerly known as ATA Inc. and changed its name to ATA Creativity Global in September 2019. ATA Creativity Global was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

About Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group

Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. provides private online and in person educational programs and services to Canadian and international students that reside in Canada and internationally. The company's educational programs include Ontario secondary school diploma, career-oriented two-year college and four-year university diploma programs, vocational education programs, and master programs. It also provides educational services, such as immigration and study visa, student housing, career guidance, internship, and entrepreneurship guidance. The company was formerly known as 123 Natural Food Ontario Ltd. and changed its name to Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. in March 2021. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of 3888 Investment Group Limited.