Financial Review: CuriosityStream (NASDAQ:CURI) and All For One Media (OTCMKTS:AFOM)

All For One Media (OTCMKTS:AFOM) and CuriosityStream (NASDAQ:CURI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares All For One Media and CuriosityStream’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
All For One Media	N/A	N/A	N/A
CuriosityStream	-13.99%	-12.49%	-8.67%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares All For One Media and CuriosityStream”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
All For One Media	$10,000.00	N/A	$5.00 million	N/A	N/A
CuriosityStream	$51.13 million	5.56	-$12.94 million	($0.14)	-35.21

All For One Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CuriosityStream.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for All For One Media and CuriosityStream, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
All For One Media	0	0	0	0	0.00
CuriosityStream	0	0	2	0	3.00

CuriosityStream has a consensus price target of $5.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.53%. Given CuriosityStream’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CuriosityStream is more favorable than All For One Media.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.8% of CuriosityStream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of All For One Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.6% of CuriosityStream 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.

Volatility and Risk

All For One Media has a beta of 9.61, meaning that its stock price is 861% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CuriosityStream has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CuriosityStream beats All For One Media on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About All For One Media

All For One Media Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in media content development in New York. The company is involved in creating, launching, and marketing original pop music performed by boy bands and girl groups. It also produces and owns motion pictures, such as Drama Drama. The company primarily offers its services for children between the ages of seven and fourteen. The company was formerly known as Early Equine, Inc. and changed its name to All for One Media Corp. in November 2015. All For One Media Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Mount Kisco, New York.

About CuriosityStream

CuriosityStream Inc. operates as a factual content streaming service and media company. The company provides premium video and audio programming services in various categories of factual entertainment, including science, history, society, nature, lifestyle, and technology through direct subscription video on-demand (SVoD) platforms accessible by internet connected devices, or indirectly via distribution partners who deliver CuriosityStream content via distributor's platform or system, as well as through bundled content licenses for SVoD and linear offerings, talks and courses, and partner bulk sales. It offers streaming content through devices, including televisions, set-top boxes, computers, streaming media players, game consoles, and mobile devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.