Financial Comparison: JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) and FreeCast (OTCMKTS:CAST)

JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) and FreeCast (OTCMKTS:CAST) are both services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares JOYY and FreeCast’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JOYY	82.39%	4.81%	3.65%
FreeCast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for JOYY and FreeCast, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JOYY	0	2	1	0	2.33
FreeCast	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given FreeCast’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FreeCast is more favorable than JOYY.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JOYY and FreeCast”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JOYY	$2.24 billion	1.39	-$146.24 million	$32.23	1.86
FreeCast	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

FreeCast has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JOYY.

Summary

JOYY beats FreeCast on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JOYY

JOYY Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates social media platforms that offer users engaging and experience across various video and audio-based social platforms. The company operates Bigo Live, a live streaming platform that allows users to live stream specific moments, such as live talk with other users, make video calls, and watch trend videos; Likee, a short-form video social platform that focuses on enabling users to create short-form video; Hago, a casual game-oriented social platform; and imo, a chat and instant messaging application with functions, including video calls, text messages, and photo and video sharing. It operates in the People’s Republic of China, the United States, the Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and others. 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.

About FreeCast

ChinaCast Education Corporation (CEC) is a post-secondary education and e-Learning services provider in People’s Republic of China. The Company provides post-secondary degree and diploma programs through its two universities in China: The Foreign Trade and Business College of Chongqing Normal University and the Lijiang College of Guangxi Normal University. The Company’s segments include the E-learning and training service group (the ELG), and Traditional University Group (TUG). The Company provides its e-Learning services to post-secondary institutions, K-12 schools, government agencies and corporate enterprises via its nationwide satellite/fiber broadband network. On August 23, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Wintown Enterprises Limited (Wintown). During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company set up a new fully owned subsidiary ChinaCast Education Holdings Limited (CEH).