Head to Head Comparison: Oriental Culture (NASDAQ:OCG) vs. ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA)

Oriental Culture (NASDAQ:OCG) and ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA) are both small-cap services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Oriental Culture and ACV Auctions, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oriental Culture	1	0	0	0	1.00
ACV Auctions	1	4	0	1	2.17

ACV Auctions has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Given ACV Auctions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACV Auctions is more favorable than Oriental Culture.

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Culture and ACV Auctions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oriental Culture	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACV Auctions	-9.89%	-7.95%	-3.15%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oriental Culture and ACV Auctions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oriental Culture	$620,000.00	2.14	-$2.43 million	N/A	N/A
ACV Auctions	$637.16 million	1.80	-$79.70 million	($0.43)	-15.49

Oriental Culture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ACV Auctions.

Volatility and Risk

Oriental Culture has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.6% of Oriental Culture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Oriental Culture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of ACV Auctions 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.

About Oriental Culture

Oriental Culture Holding LTD, through its subsidiaries, operates an online platform to facilitate e-commerce of artwork trading in China. The company facilitates trading by individual and institutional customers of various collectibles, artworks, and commodities on its online platforms. It also provides online and offline integrated marketing, storage, and technical maintenance services, as well as industry solutions and related software products and system development services. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

About ACV Auctions

ACV Auctions Inc. operates a digital marketplace that connects buyers and sellers for the online auction of wholesale vehicles. It also provides data services that offer insights into the condition and value of used vehicles, as well as offers customer financing services. ACV Auctions Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.