LQR House (NASDAQ:YHC – Get Free Report) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for LQR House and ZW Data Action Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LQR House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| ZW Data Action Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of LQR House shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares LQR House and ZW Data Action Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LQR House | $2.50 million | 3.32 | -$22.75 million | ($114.74) | -0.01 |
| ZW Data Action Technologies | $15.44 million | 0.39 | -$3.76 million | ($1.76) | -1.29 |
ZW Data Action Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than LQR House. ZW Data Action Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LQR House, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares LQR House and ZW Data Action Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LQR House | -949.77% | -259.35% | -178.93% |
| ZW Data Action Technologies | -50.16% | -100.39% | -39.07% |
Summary
ZW Data Action Technologies beats LQR House on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LQR House
LQR House, Inc. provides digital marketing and brand development for alcoholic beverage space. It intends to integrate the supply, sales, and marketing facets of the alcoholic beverage space into one easy to use platform and become the one-stop-shop for everything related to alcohol. The company was founded on January 11, 2021 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL.
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.
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