Analyzing Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and VS MEDIA (NASDAQ:VSME)

Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) and VS MEDIA (NASDAQ:VSME) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.6% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of VS MEDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Tucows shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Tucows and VS MEDIA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tucows	1	0	0	0	1.00
VS MEDIA	1	0	0	0	1.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tucows and VS MEDIA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tucows	$390.30 million	0.47	-$75.82 million	($6.84)	-2.39
VS MEDIA	$8.25 million	0.34	-$7.29 million	N/A	N/A

VS MEDIA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tucows.

Profitability

This table compares Tucows and VS MEDIA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tucows	-19.43%	N/A	-8.90%
VS MEDIA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Tucows has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VS MEDIA has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tucows beats VS MEDIA on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tucows

Tucows Inc. provides network access, domain name registration, email, mobile telephony, and other Internet services in North America and Europe. It operates in three segments: Ting, Wavelo and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides fiber and fixed wireless internet services. The Wavelo segment offers individual developer tools, subscription, billing management, network orchestration, and provisioning services. This segment also provides billing solutions under Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment offers name registration, as well as value added services under OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG, and Hover brands. The company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About VS MEDIA

VS MEDIA Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, operates a network of digital creators who create and upload content to social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.