Contrasting JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) and THUMZUP MEDIA (NASDAQ:DTCX)

THUMZUP MEDIA (NASDAQ:DTCX) and JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) are both services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares THUMZUP MEDIA and JOYY”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
THUMZUP MEDIA	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	($1.44)	-1.31
JOYY	$2.24 billion	1.43	-$146.24 million	$32.33	1.92

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of THUMZUP MEDIA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

THUMZUP MEDIA has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for THUMZUP MEDIA and JOYY, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
THUMZUP MEDIA	0	0	0	0	0.00
JOYY	0	2	1	0	2.33

JOYY has a consensus price target of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. Given JOYY’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JOYY is more favorable than THUMZUP MEDIA.

Profitability

This table compares THUMZUP MEDIA and JOYY’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
THUMZUP MEDIA	N/A	-109.59%	-105.41%
JOYY	83.18%	4.67%	3.81%

Summary

JOYY beats THUMZUP MEDIA on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About THUMZUP MEDIA

Thumzup Media Corporation operates as a software as a service provider in the United States. The company develops and builds influencer and gig economy community under the Thumzup mobile application. Its mobile application incentivizes real people to generate and post authentic posts on social media about the advertiser and its products. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About JOYY

JOYY Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates social media platforms that offer users engaging and experience across various video and audio-based social platforms. The company operates Bigo Live, a live streaming platform that allows users to live stream specific moments, such as live talk with other users, make video calls, and watch trend videos; Likee, a short-form video social platform that focuses on enabling users to create short-form video; Hago, a casual game-oriented social platform; and imo, a chat and instant messaging application with functions, including video calls, text messages, and photo and video sharing. It operates in the People’s Republic of China, the United States, the Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and others. The company was formerly known as YY Inc. and changed its name to JOYY Inc. in December 2019. JOYY Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Singapore.