Critical Contrast: TaoWeave (NASDAQ:TWAV) vs. Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR)

TaoWeave (NASDAQ:TWAV) and Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for TaoWeave and Currenc Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TaoWeave	1	0	0	0	1.00
Currenc Group	2	0	0	0	1.00

Risk and Volatility

TaoWeave has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currenc Group has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.0% of TaoWeave shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Currenc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of TaoWeave shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Currenc Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares TaoWeave and Currenc Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TaoWeave	-272.06%	-108.74%	-94.22%
Currenc Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TaoWeave and Currenc Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TaoWeave	$2.44 million	2.31	-$6.36 million	($1.60)	-0.91
Currenc Group	$37.81 million	5.61	-$18.43 million	($0.30)	-9.23

TaoWeave has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currenc Group. Currenc Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TaoWeave, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Currenc Group beats TaoWeave on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TaoWeave

Oblong Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which provides an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it offers network services comprising Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer’s office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. Further, it provides professional services, such as software development, visual and interaction design, engineering, and project support services; and resells video equipment to its customers. Oblong Inc. is based in Conifer, Colorado.

About Currenc Group

Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.