Financial Review: Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) vs. Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON)

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Ebang International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corsair Gaming	0.71%	9.71%	4.97%
Ebang International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Corsair Gaming and Ebang International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corsair Gaming	1	2	4	1	2.62
Ebang International	1	0	0	0	1.00

Corsair Gaming currently has a consensus price target of $9.57, suggesting a potential downside of 9.79%. Given Corsair Gaming’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Ebang International.

Volatility and Risk

Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ebang International has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Ebang International shares are held by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Ebang International 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Ebang International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corsair Gaming	$1.47 billion	0.77	-$12.47 million	$0.08	132.62
Ebang International	$6.54 million	1.96	-$14.09 million	N/A	N/A

Corsair Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Ebang International.

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Ebang International on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

About Ebang International

Ebang International Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, design, and development of application-specific integrated circuit chips and manufacture of Bitcoin mining machines under the Ebit brand in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the Bahamas, and internationally. It also provides mining machine hosting services; and engages in the development of proprietary cryptocurrency exchange platform. In addition, the company offers fiber-optic communication access devices, including multiprotocol label switching fiber-optic access network devices, multi-service access platform integrated business access devices, and wavelength-division multiplexing fiber-optic devices; and enterprise convergent terminal products, which consists gigabit passive optical network, Fiber to the Room products, passive optical network converged gateways, enterprise cloud gateway devices, industrial Internet of Things access devices, and business enterprise smart wireless access devices. It serves the blockchain and telecommunications industries. The company also operates a cross-border payment and foreign exchange platform. It sells its blockchain products directly, as well as through its website; and telecommunication products under the EBANG brand name primarily through supplier contracts. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.