Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO – Get Free Report) and OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Travelzoo and OLB Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Travelzoo | 8.66% | -446.70% | 15.82% |
| OLB Group | -92.68% | -208.53% | -71.73% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Travelzoo and OLB Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Travelzoo | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| OLB Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of OLB Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of Travelzoo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of OLB Group shares are owned by 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.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Travelzoo and OLB Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Travelzoo | $83.90 million | 0.92 | $13.56 million | $0.64 | 11.03 |
| OLB Group | $12.84 million | 0.58 | -$11.23 million | ($3.56) | -0.24 |
Travelzoo has higher revenue and earnings than OLB Group. OLB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelzoo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Travelzoo has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OLB Group has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Travelzoo beats OLB Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Travelzoo
Travelzoo, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an Internet media company that provides travel, entertainment, and local experiences worldwide. It operates in four segments: Travelzoo North America, Travelzoo Europe, Jack's Flight Club, and New Initiatives. The company offers Travelzoo website, Travelzoo Top 20 email newsletters, Standalone email newsletters, Travelzoo Network, Travelzoo mobile applications, Jack's Flight Club website, Jack's Flight Club mobile applications, and Jack's Flight Club newsletters. The company's Travelzoo website and newsletters include local deals and getaways listings that allow members to purchase vouchers for offers from local businesses, such as spas, hotels, and restaurants; Jack's Flight Club, a subscription service that provides members with information about exceptional airfares; and Travelzoo Network, a network of third-party websites that list travel deals published by the company. It serves airlines, hotels, cruise lines, vacations packagers, tour operators, destinations, car rental companies, travel agents, theater and performing arts groups, restaurants, spas, and activity companies. Travelzoo Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About OLB Group
The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.
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