Comparing Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI) & Getty Images (NYSE:GETY)

Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI) and Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Kingold Jewelry has a beta of -2.7, indicating that its stock price is 370% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Images has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kingold Jewelry and Getty Images”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Getty Images	$939.29 million	0.80	$19.34 million	$0.09	20.11

Getty Images has higher revenue and earnings than Kingold Jewelry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.8% of Getty Images shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.3% of Kingold Jewelry shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Getty Images shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Kingold Jewelry and Getty Images’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A
Getty Images	5.91%	6.42%	1.74%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Kingold Jewelry and Getty Images, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingold Jewelry	0	0	0	0	0.00
Getty Images	1	2	2	0	2.20

Getty Images has a consensus price target of $4.35, indicating a potential upside of 140.33%. Given Getty Images’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than Kingold Jewelry.

Summary

Getty Images beats Kingold Jewelry on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kingold Jewelry

Kingold Jewelry, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells 24-karat gold jewelry and Chinese ornaments in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers a range of in-house designed products, including gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, gold bars, and pendants. It also invests in gold. The company sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, and retailers under the Kingold brand. Kingold Jewelry, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Wuhan, the People’s Republic of China.

About Getty Images

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. offers creative and editorial visual content solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Its products include Getty Images that offers creative and editorial content including stills, music and video which focuses on corporate, agency, and media customers; iStock.com, an e-commerce offering where customers have access to creative stills and video; Unsplash.com, a platform offering free stock photo downloads and paid subscriptions targeted to the high-growth prosumer and semi-professional creator segments; and Unsplash+ that provides access to unique model released content with expanded legal protections. In addition, it maintains privately-owned photographic archives covering news, sport, and entertainment, as well as variety of subjects, including lifestyle, business, science, health, wellness, beauty, sports, transportation, and travel. Further, the company provides music licensing, and digital asset management and distribution services. It serves media outlets, advertising agencies and corporations, individual creators, and prosumers. The company was formerly known as Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.