Liberty TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:LTRPA – Get Free Report) and Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
Liberty TripAdvisor has a beta of 3.52, indicating that its share price is 252% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Liberty TripAdvisor and Tucows’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Liberty TripAdvisor | $1.79 billion | 0.03 | -$285.00 million | ($4.16) | -0.15 |
Tucows | $339.34 million | 0.75 | -$96.20 million | ($9.51) | -2.44 |
Profitability
This table compares Liberty TripAdvisor and Tucows’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Liberty TripAdvisor | -17.66% | 49.17% | 17.88% |
Tucows | -29.91% | -490.14% | -11.37% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
31.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Tucows shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Liberty TripAdvisor and Tucows, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Liberty TripAdvisor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Tucows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Summary
Liberty TripAdvisor beats Tucows on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Liberty TripAdvisor
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. operates a travel guidance platform that connects people and audiences with travel partners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Brand Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork. It offers an online platform that provides content, travel guidance products and services, and two-sided marketplaces for travelers to discover, generate, and share authentic user-generated content in the form of ratings and reviews for destinations, points-of-interest, experiences, accommodations, restaurants, cruises, and other travel categories, including alternative accommodations, flights, and rental cars. The company provides click-based, display-based, and subscription-based advertising services. In addition, it operates Viator, an online marketplace that includes website, mobile web, and mobile app, which allows travelers to research and book tours, activities, and attractions in travel destinations worldwide; and TheFork, an online restaurant reservations platform that offers information and services for consumers to research and book restaurants. The company markets and sells its services through its own platform channels, online search engines, social media, email, media via public relations, partnerships, and content distribution. Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
About Tucows
Tucows Inc. provides network access, domain name registration, email, mobile telephony, and other Internet services in North America and Europe. It operates in three segments: Ting, Wavelo and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides fiber and fixed wireless internet services. The Wavelo segment offers individual developer tools, subscription, billing management, network orchestration, and provisioning services. This segment also provides billing solutions under Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment offers name registration, as well as value added services under OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG, and Hover brands. The company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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