Teads (NASDAQ:TEAD – Get Free Report) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Teads and JOYY”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Teads | $1.30 billion | 0.01 | -$517.07 million | ($5.53) | -0.03 |
| JOYY | $2.24 billion | 1.95 | $301.82 million | ($3.10) | -26.10 |
JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than Teads. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teads, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.4% of Teads shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Teads shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Teads and JOYY, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Teads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| JOYY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Teads presently has a consensus target price of $0.40, indicating a potential upside of 120.99%. JOYY has a consensus target price of $66.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.43%. Given Teads’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teads is more favorable than JOYY.
Profitability
This table compares Teads and JOYY’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Teads | -73.38% | -222.41% | -9.22% |
| JOYY | 9.02% | 4.64% | 2.96% |
Volatility & Risk
Teads has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JOYY beats Teads on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Teads
Outbrain Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online content recommendation platform worldwide. It offers Outbrain Engage, a product suite for media partners that provides personalized feeds and data-driven recommendations, as well as a solution to maximize user engagement. The company’s Outbrain Engage solution also includes a web-based dashboard to manage and control various aspects of the platform, including content, formats, sources, frequency, and categories of ads delivered on their properties, as well as monetizes the content through customized data-driven advertising. It also provides Outbrain Amplify, a product suite for advertisers that provides an open web platform that helps users to connect with audiences on premium digital properties. The company’s Outbrain Amplify solution also provides advertisers with access to ad inventory that support various formats, including text and image, video, interactive carousel, app install, and other forms of direct response; and ads optimized for engagement. Outbrain Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About JOYY
JOYY Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates social media platforms that offer users engaging and experience across various video-based social platforms. It operates through two segments, BIGO and All Other. The company operates Bigo Live, a social live streaming platform, that provides an interactive online stage for users to host and watch live streaming sessions, share their life moments, showcase their talents, and interact with people worldwide; Likee, a short-form video social platform, which enables users to discover, create, and share short videos, with video creation tools and personalized feeds; imo, an instant messenger platform, that provides audio and video communication services; Hago, a social networking platform that offers casual games integrating social features, such as audio and video multi-user chatrooms and 3D virtual interactive party games; and Shopline, a smart commerce platform, that provides solutions and services to enable merchants in creating and growing their brands online and reach customers through various sales channels, including e-commerce platforms, social commerce, and physical retail stores. It operates in the People's Republic of China, the United States, the Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and internationally. 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.
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