Head-To-Head Survey: Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL) and Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE)

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) and Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Inspired Entertainment and Swvl, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inspired Entertainment	2	1	4	1	2.50
Swvl	1	0	0	0	1.00

Inspired Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 110.04%. Given Inspired Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Inspired Entertainment is more favorable than Swvl.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.4% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Swvl shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Inspired Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Swvl shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Inspired Entertainment and Swvl”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inspired Entertainment	$304.10 million	0.54	-$17.00 million	($0.59)	-10.36
Swvl	$17.21 million	0.82	-$10.34 million	N/A	N/A

Swvl has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inspired Entertainment.

Volatility & Risk

Inspired Entertainment has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Swvl has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Inspired Entertainment and Swvl’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inspired Entertainment	-5.59%	-1,176.67%	-0.53%
Swvl	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Inspired Entertainment beats Swvl on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inspired Entertainment

Inspired Entertainment, Inc., a gaming technology company, engages in the supply of content, platform, and other products and services to regulated lottery, betting, and gaming operators worldwide. It operates in four segments: Gaming, Virtual Sports, Interactive, and Leisure. The Gaming segment supplies gaming terminals and software to betting offices, casinos, gaming halls, and high street adult gaming centers; a portfolio of games through its digital terminals under the Centurion and Super Hot Fruits names; and traditional casino games, such as roulette, blackjack, and number games. The Virtual Sports segment designs, develops, markets, and distributes ultra-high-definition sports games, including greyhounds, tennis, motor racing, cycling, cricket, speedway, golf, and dart, and other horse racing games under the V-Play Soccer, V-Play Women's Soccer, V-Play Football, V-Play Basketball, V-Play Baseball, and V-Play NFLA names. The Interactive segment provides a range of random number generated casino content from feature-rich bonus games to European-style casino free spins and table games. The Leisure segment supplies gaming terminals and amusement machines in pubs, bingo halls, and adult gaming centers, as well as family entertainment centers, bowling centers, and other entertainment venues. Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Swvl

Swvl Holdings Corp. provides mass transit ridesharing services. It offers B2C Swvl Retail, which provides riders with a network of minibuses and other vehicles running on fixed or semi-fixed routes within cities; Swvl Travel that allows riders to book rides on long-distance intercity routes on vehicle available through the Swvl platform or through third-party services; and Swvl Business, a transport as a service enterprise product for businesses, schools, municipal transit agencies, and other customers. Swvl Holdings Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.