Reviewing Lottery.com (NASDAQ:SEGG) and Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK)

Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) and Lottery.com (NASDAQ:SEGG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Jack In The Box and Lottery.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jack In The Box	2	13	3	0	2.06
Lottery.com	1	0	0	0	1.00

Jack In The Box currently has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 30.84%. Given Jack In The Box’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jack In The Box is more favorable than Lottery.com.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.8% of Jack In The Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Lottery.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack In The Box shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Lottery.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jack In The Box and Lottery.com”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jack In The Box	$1.43 billion	0.18	-$80.72 million	$1.73	7.61
Lottery.com	$559,590.00	16.05	-$20.58 million	($27.23)	-0.10

Lottery.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jack In The Box. Lottery.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack In The Box, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Jack In The Box has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lottery.com has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Jack In The Box and Lottery.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jack In The Box	2.84%	-6.33%	2.75%
Lottery.com	-3,652.60%	-74.79%	-34.86%

Summary

Jack In The Box beats Lottery.com on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jack In The Box

Jack in the Box Inc. operates and franchises Jack in the Box and Del Taco quick-service restaurants in the United States. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Lottery.com

Lottery.com Inc., a digital publisher, provides lottery data results, jackpots, results, and other data. The company delivers daily results of approximately 800 domestic and international lottery games from 40 countries, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to 400 digital publishers and media organizations. Lottery.com Inc. is headquartered in Spicewood, Texas.