TaoWeave (NASDAQ:TWAV – Get Free Report) and Forge Global (NYSE:FRGE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares TaoWeave and Forge Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TaoWeave | $2.44 million | 2.31 | -$6.36 million | ($1.60) | -0.91 |
| Forge Global | $92.88 million | 6.71 | -$66.33 million | ($5.20) | -8.65 |
Volatility and Risk
TaoWeave has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forge Global has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for TaoWeave and Forge Global, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TaoWeave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Forge Global | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
Forge Global has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Forge Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Forge Global is more favorable than TaoWeave.
Profitability
This table compares TaoWeave and Forge Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TaoWeave | -272.06% | -108.74% | -94.22% |
| Forge Global | -71.87% | -29.06% | -24.63% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.0% of TaoWeave shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Forge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of TaoWeave shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Forge Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Forge Global beats TaoWeave on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TaoWeave
Oblong Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which provides an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it offers network services comprising Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer’s office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. Further, it provides professional services, such as software development, visual and interaction design, engineering, and project support services; and resells video equipment to its customers. Oblong Inc. is based in Conifer, Colorado.
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.
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