Lenovo Group (OTCMKTS:LNVGY – Get Free Report) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
Lenovo Group has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.1% of Lenovo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lenovo Group | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Corsair Gaming | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
Corsair Gaming has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.95%. Given Corsair Gaming’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Lenovo Group.
Profitability
This table compares Lenovo Group and Corsair Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lenovo Group | 0.88% | 34.24% | 4.76% |
| Corsair Gaming | 2.36% | 13.10% | 6.88% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Lenovo Group and Corsair Gaming”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lenovo Group | $83.08 billion | 0.56 | $1.91 billion | $1.03 | 72.14 |
| Corsair Gaming | $1.45 billion | 0.98 | -$12.47 million | $0.30 | 43.93 |
Lenovo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Corsair Gaming. Corsair Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lenovo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Corsair Gaming beats Lenovo Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lenovo Group
Lenovo Group Limited, an investment holding company, develops, manufactures, and markets technology products and services. It operates through Intelligent Devices Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, and Solutions and Services Group segments. The company offers commercial and consumer personal computers, as well as servers and workstations; and a family of mobile Internet devices, including tablets and smartphones. In addition, it provides laptops, monitors, accessories, smart home and collaboration solutions, augmented and virtual reality, commercial internet of things, and smart infrastructure data center solutions. Further, the company manufactures and distributes IT products, computers, computer hardware, and peripheral equipment; and offers IT, business planning, management, supply chain, finance, administration support, procurement agency, data management, intellectual property, and investment management services. Additionally, it is involved in the retail and service business for consumer electronic products and related digital services; development, ownership, licensing, and sale of communications hardware and software; and develops software and applications. Furthermore, the company distributes smartphone, tablet, server, and storage. It operates in China, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Lenovo Group Limited was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
About Corsair Gaming
Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
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