Comparing Cian (NYSE:CIAN) and Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT)

Cian (NYSE:CIAN – Get Rating) and Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cian and Clarivate’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cian	$81.20 million	2.93	-$38.50 million	($0.22)	-15.45
Clarivate	$2.66 billion	2.48	-$3.96 billion	($6.20)	-1.58

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

Risk & Volatility

Cian has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarivate has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Cian and Clarivate, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cian	0	0	0	0	N/A
Clarivate	0	2	3	0	2.60

Clarivate has a consensus target price of $13.88, suggesting a potential upside of 41.87%. Given Clarivate’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clarivate is more favorable than Cian.

Profitability

This table compares Cian and Clarivate’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cian	-11.11%	-21.30%	-15.07%
Clarivate	-148.89%	7.20%	3.27%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.4% of Cian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Clarivate shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Cian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Clarivate shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clarivate beats Cian on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cian

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Cian PLC operates an online real estate classifieds platform in Russia. Its real estate platform connects millions of users, the real estate buyers, and renters to millions of real estate listings of various types, such as residential and commercial, primary and secondary, and urban and suburban for sale and rent. The company was formerly known as Solaredge Holdings Limited. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

About Clarivate

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Clarivate Plc engages in the provision of global information, analytics and workflow solutions. It operates through the Science and Intellectual Property segments. The Science segment is composed of the academia and government, and life science and healthcare product lines. The Intellectual Property segment includes the patent, trademark, domain, and IP management product lines. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.