Reviewing Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) and Moneysupermarket.com Group (OTCMKTS:MYSRF)

Moneysupermarket.com Group (OTCMKTS:MYSRF) and Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.2% of Opera shares are held by institutional investors. 84.4% of Opera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Moneysupermarket.com Group and Opera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moneysupermarket.com Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Opera	17.72%	8.54%	7.55%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Moneysupermarket.com Group and Opera, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moneysupermarket.com Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Opera	0	2	2	0	2.50

Opera has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Given Opera’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Opera is more favorable than Moneysupermarket.com Group.

Risk & Volatility

Moneysupermarket.com Group has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opera has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Moneysupermarket.com Group and Opera”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moneysupermarket.com Group	$442.85 million	3.44	$88.98 million	N/A	N/A
Opera	$614.83 million	2.64	$108.28 million	$1.26	14.40

Opera has higher revenue and earnings than Moneysupermarket.com Group.

Summary

Opera beats Moneysupermarket.com Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Moneysupermarket.com Group

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides price comparison website in the United Kingdom. The company operates through Insurance, Money, Home Services, Travel and Cashback segments. It offers online and app-based tools to save money on their household bills across insurance, money, and home service channels under the MoneySuperMarket brand; and compares travel deals, including holidays, car hire, flights, and hotels under the TravelSupermarket brand. The company also operates a consumer finance website under the MoneySavingExpert brand; a B2B price comparison technology platform for third party brands, as well as B2C platform compares home communications and mobile phone price under the Decision Tech brand; Quidco, a cashback website in the United Kingdom; and icelolly.com, a holiday comparison and deals site. In addition, it provides financial intermediary services. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Chester, the United Kingdom.

About Opera

Opera Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile and PC web browsers and related products and services in Norway and internationally. The company offers mobile browser products, such as Opera Mini, Opera browser for Android and iOS, and Opera GX for PCs and Mobile; Opera Touch; PC browsers, including Opera for Computers and Opera GX; Apex Football; Opera VPN Pro; and Opera News, an AI-powered personalized news discovery and aggregation service. It provides Opera Crypto Browser for PCs and mobile; browser-based cashback rewards programs; owns GameMaker Studio, a 2D gaming development platform; and GXC, a gaming portal. In addition, the company operates Opera Ads, an online advertising platform; and offers Web3 and e-commerce services. Opera Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Opera Limited is a subsidiary of Kunlun Tech Limited.