Comparing Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG)

Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. 50.9% of Nerdy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Nerdy and JIADE, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nerdy	1	2	0	0	1.67
JIADE	1	0	0	0	1.00

Nerdy currently has a consensus target price of $1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given Nerdy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than JIADE.

Risk & Volatility

Nerdy has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JIADE has a beta of -5.15, indicating that its stock price is 615% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nerdy and JIADE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nerdy	-22.95%	-81.74%	-51.09%
JIADE	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nerdy and JIADE”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nerdy	$190.23 million	1.03	-$42.58 million	($0.35)	-2.99
JIADE	$2.57 million	13.09	$770,000.00	N/A	N/A

JIADE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nerdy.

Summary

Nerdy beats JIADE on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nerdy

Nerdy, Inc. operates platform for live online learning. The company's purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including artificial intelligence to connect students, users, parents, guardians, and purchasers of various ages to tutors, instructors, subject matter experts, educators, and other professionals, delivering value on both sides of the network. Its learning destination provides learning experiences across various subjects and multiple formats, including one-on-one instruction, small group tutoring, large format classes, tutor chat, essay review, adaptive assessment, and self-study tools. The company's flagship business, Varsity Tutors, operates platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to learners, as well as through education systems. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About JIADE

JIADE LIMITED specializes in providing one-stop comprehensive education supporting services to adult education institutions, through a wide spectrum of software platform and auxiliary solutions. The Company’s services are primarily offered through the Kebiao Technology Educational Administration Platform. JIADE LIMITED is based in Chengdu, China.