Reviewing Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and Aureus Greenway (NASDAQ:PUSA)

Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI) and Aureus Greenway (NASDAQ:PUSA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Genius Sports has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aureus Greenway has a beta of 5.19, suggesting that its share price is 419% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Genius Sports and Aureus Greenway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genius Sports	-22.99%	-23.83%	-12.68%
Aureus Greenway	-154.20%	-12.81%	-12.30%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Genius Sports and Aureus Greenway, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genius Sports	1	3	15	1	2.80
Aureus Greenway	1	1	1	0	2.00

Genius Sports currently has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 68.11%. Aureus Greenway has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 301.07%. Given Aureus Greenway’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aureus Greenway is more favorable than Genius Sports.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Genius Sports and Aureus Greenway”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genius Sports	$669.49 million	2.46	-$111.58 million	($0.68)	-9.84
Aureus Greenway	$2.96 million	17.02	-$3.68 million	($0.29)	-6.45

Aureus Greenway has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genius Sports. Genius Sports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aureus Greenway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

81.9% of Genius Sports shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Genius Sports shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Aureus Greenway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Aureus Greenway beats Genius Sports on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Genius Sports

Genius Sports Limited engages in the development and sale of technology-led products and services to the sports, sports betting, and sports media industries. It offers technology infrastructure for the collection, integration, and distribution of live data of sports leagues; streaming solutions comprising technology, automatic production, and distribution for sports to commercialize video footage of their games; and end-to-end integrity services to sports leagues, such as full-time active monitoring technology, which uses mathematical algorithms to identify and flag suspicious betting activity in global betting markets, as well as a full suite of online and offline educational and consultancy services. The company also provides live sports data collection; pre-game and in-game odds feeds; risk management services, including customer profiling, monitoring of incoming bets, automated acceptance and rejection of bets, and limit setting; live streaming services; creation, delivery, and optimization of digital marketing campaigns, such as data-driven personalized ad creative; and fan engagement widgets for digital publishers that offer live game statistics and betting-related content. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Aureus Greenway

We own and operate two public golf country clubs in Florida that each features a golf-club, consisting of over 289 acres of multi-service recreational property. Our golf country clubs include two golf-courses with over 13,000 yards of combined fairways, clubhouses boasting food and beverage options, aquatic golf ranges, and pro shops to assist any level of golfer. We believe our golf country clubs are a serene combination of approachable golf and nature that are designed to appeal to local residents and tourists alike. The property underlying both of our golf country clubs and the owner of that property are part of and subject to the Association, a not-for-profit corporation homeowners association. Leveraging our two golf country clubs, we plan to (i) continue to develop customer loyalty and capture a greater share of the golf-players who live in,. or visit the greater Orlando region and (ii) increase our revenue from the operation of our golf country clubs. We believe the quality of our golf-courses and the amenities we offer will continue to enhance our ability to attract and retain golf-players across a number of demographic groups and skill levels. Each of our golf country clubs is organized into four principal business sectors: (i) golf recreation, retail golf products, and equipment and facilities rental, (ii) membership dues, (iii) food and beverage services. and (iv) ancillary services and amenities. Each of the golf-courses featured at our golf country clubs present a different set of physical and strategic challenges depending on the layout and where we place the position of a ball-hole and flagstick on a green from time to time during the golf-season. We believe this variation helps to create an enjoyable experience for our customers, no matter how many times they have visited our golf-courses before. We acquired both of our golf country clubs in 2014, and since then, our management team has grown alongside the business. Similarly, our revenue has increased steadily during the last five years due to efforts from our greens superintendent as well as the executive management team. We believe recent capital improvements at both golf country clubs will help the facilities and our golf-courses progressively grow in stature and reputation in order to keep up to date with future infrastructure needs that can meet future demand and structural wherewithal. As a result of these upgrades and our management’s plans for growth, we believe they have gained valuable experience and are well-equipped to take on additional assets and continue to enhance the performance of both golf country clubs since our initial acquisition in 2014. Our principal executive office is located at 2995 Remington Boulevard, Kissimmee, Florida 34744.