Contrasting Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) and Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO)

Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO) and Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Pazoo and Opera, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pazoo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Opera	1	1	4	0	2.50

Opera has a consensus target price of $23.83, suggesting a potential upside of 72.64%. Given Opera’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Opera is more favorable than Pazoo.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.2% of Opera shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Pazoo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.4% of Opera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pazoo and Opera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Opera	13.93%	8.91%	7.95%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pazoo and Opera”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Opera	$480.65 million	2.57	$80.77 million	$0.90	15.34

Opera has higher revenue and earnings than Pazoo.

Volatility and Risk

Pazoo has a beta of -0.79, meaning that its stock price is 179% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opera has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Opera beats Pazoo on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pazoo

Pazoo, Inc. operates as a health and wellness company. It offers laboratory testing services for marijuana. Pazoo, Inc.was formerly known as IUCSS, Inc. and changed its name to Pazoo, Inc. in May 2011. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

About Opera

Opera Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile and PC web browsers and related products and services in Norway and internationally. The company offers mobile browser products, such as Opera Mini, Opera browser for Android and iOS, and Opera GX for PCs and Mobile; Opera Touch; PC browsers, including Opera for Computers and Opera GX; Apex Football; Opera VPN Pro; and Opera News, an AI-powered personalized news discovery and aggregation service. It provides Opera Crypto Browser for PCs and mobile; browser-based cashback rewards programs; owns GameMaker Studio, a 2D gaming development platform; and GXC, a gaming portal. In addition, the company operates Opera Ads, an online advertising platform; and offers Web3 and e-commerce services. Opera Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Opera Limited is a subsidiary of Kunlun Tech Limited.