Head-To-Head Survey: Cango (NYSE:CANG) & CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYAGF)

Cango (NYSE:CANG) and CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYAGF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cango and CyberAgent”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cango	$2.85 billion	0.05	$41.07 million	($2.78)	-0.53
CyberAgent	$5.86 billion	0.78	$212.17 million	$0.40	22.50

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

4.2% of Cango shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Cango shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Cango and CyberAgent, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cango	1	0	1	2	3.00
CyberAgent	0	1	0	0	2.00

Cango currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.39%. Given Cango’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cango is more favorable than CyberAgent.

Profitability

This table compares Cango and CyberAgent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cango	-46.40%	2.29%	1.31%
CyberAgent	3.62%	14.04%	7.00%

Summary

CyberAgent beats Cango on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cango

Cango Inc. operates an automotive transaction service platform that connects dealers, original equipment manufacturers, financial institutions, car buyers, insurance brokers, and companies in the People's Republic of China. The company offers automobile trading solutions comprising car sourcing, transaction facilitation, logistics, and warehousing support for dealers through Cango Haoche app that offers new car transaction services, and Cango U-Car app that offers used-car transaction services. It also provides automotive financing facilitation services that include facilitating financing transactions from financial institutions to car buyers, which comprises credit origination, credit assessment, credit servicing, and delinquent asset management services; facilitating financing transactions of car purchases for car buyers; and after-market services to car buyers, which includes facilitating the sale of insurance policies from insurance brokers or companies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About CyberAgent

CyberAgent, Inc. engages in the media, internet advertising, game, and investment development businesses primarily in Japan. The company operates Ameba, a blog service; Tapple for online dating; AWA, a music streaming service; and WinTicket for online betting. It also offers internet advertising agency and ad technology services; and smartphone games. In addition, the company operates a programming school for kids and provides application and reward points exchange platform services; artificial intelligence services; and digital transformation services. CyberAgent, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.