Contrasting Thumzup Media (NASDAQ:TZUP) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET)

Thumzup Media (NASDAQ:TZUP) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Thumzup Media and ZW Data Action Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thumzup Media	1	0	0	0	1.00
ZW Data Action Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Thumzup Media and ZW Data Action Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thumzup Media	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	($0.73)	-7.07
ZW Data Action Technologies	$15.44 million	0.44	-$3.76 million	($1.76)	-1.45

ZW Data Action Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Thumzup Media. Thumzup Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZW Data Action Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 43.5% of Thumzup Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Thumzup Media and ZW Data Action Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thumzup Media	N/A	-270.42%	-228.96%
ZW Data Action Technologies	-50.16%	-100.39%	-39.07%

Summary

ZW Data Action Technologies beats Thumzup Media on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thumzup Media

Thumzup Media Corporation is a provider of social media branding and marketing solutions which allow businesses and brands to pay customers and fans cash through Venmo and PayPal for their posts on social media. Thumzup Media Corporation is based in Los Angeles, CA.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.