Financial Survey: Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE) and Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI)

Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE) and Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Forge Global and Gemini Group Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forge Global	$79.33 million	3.62	-$66.33 million	($5.33)	-3.96
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Gemini Group Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forge Global.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Forge Global and Gemini Group Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forge Global	0	1	3	0	2.75
Gemini Group Global	0	0	0	0	0.00

Forge Global presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 68.25%. Given Forge Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Forge Global is more favorable than Gemini Group Global.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

40.7% of Forge Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Forge Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Forge Global has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gemini Group Global has a beta of -2.74, suggesting that its stock price is 374% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Forge Global and Gemini Group Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forge Global	-73.62%	-28.21%	-24.21%
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Forge Global beats Gemini Group Global on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Forge Global

Forge Global Holdings, Inc. operates a financial services platform in California. The company's platform solutions include trading solutions, a platform that connects investors with private company stockholders and enables them to facilitate private share transactions; and custody solutions, a non-depository trust company that enables clients to securely custody and manage assets through an online portal. It also provides data solutions, such as information and insight to navigate, analyze, and make investment decisions to market participants in the private market. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Gemini Group Global

Gemini Group Global Corp. manufactures and distributes electronic cigarettes, e-liquid, and mods. Its products include prohibition juice, wildcat juice, moonshine juice, city gin, cat daddy, and white lightning juice. The company has the strategic alliance with Royal Vapour. The company was formerly known as Hull Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Gemini Group Global Corporation in September 2013. Gemini Group Global Corp. was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas with manufacturing facility in California, United States and vapor shop in Las Vegas, Nevada.