Reviewing Zeta Network Group (NASDAQ:ZNB) & Agora (NASDAQ:API)

Zeta Network Group (NASDAQ:ZNB) and Agora (NASDAQ:API) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Zeta Network Group and Agora’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zeta Network Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Agora	7.03%	1.82%	1.43%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Zeta Network Group and Agora, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zeta Network Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Agora	1	1	1	0	2.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.4% of Zeta Network Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Agora shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Zeta Network Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Agora shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Zeta Network Group and Agora”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zeta Network Group	$8.73 million	0.05	-$43.00 million	N/A	N/A
Agora	$141.06 million	2.57	$9.53 million	$0.10	41.50

Agora has higher revenue and earnings than Zeta Network Group.

Risk and Volatility

Zeta Network Group has a beta of 2.87, meaning that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agora has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agora beats Zeta Network Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zeta Network Group

Color Star Technology Co., Ltd., an entertainment and education company, provides online entertainment performances and music education services in the United States and China. The company operates Color World, an online platform of curriculum that includes music, sports, animation, painting and calligraphy, film and television, life skills, etc. Its Color World platform provides celebrity lectures, celebrity concert videos, celebrity peripheral products, and artist interactive communication services. The company was formerly known as Huitao Technology Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. in May 2020. Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.

About Agora

Agora, Inc. operates in real-time engagement technology business in the People's Republic of China, the United States, and internationally. The company offers real-time engagement platform-as-a-services providing developers with application programming interfaces to embed real-time voice, video, interactive live-streaming, chat, whiteboard, and artificial intelligence capabilities into their applications. It also provides video and voice calling, interactive live and broadcast streaming, chat, signaling, and interactive whiteboard products; and extensions, such as analytics, recording, AI noise suppression, 3D spatial audio, real-time transcription, and extensions marketplace. In addition, the company offers Application Platforms, including Flexible Classroom, a low-code application Platform as a Service, which combines video, voice, chat, signaling, whiteboard and recording functionalities into an integrated cloud-based solution for education providers; and App Builder, a no-code application platform, designed for developers with little or no coding experience to build their own applications with video conference and live streaming functionalities. It operates through Agora and Shengwang brands. Agora, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.