LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP – Get Free Report) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for LiveRamp and Lesaka Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LiveRamp | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.43 |
| Lesaka Technologies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
LiveRamp currently has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.66%. Given LiveRamp’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LiveRamp | $778.79 million | 2.44 | -$810,000.00 | $0.61 | 48.96 |
| Lesaka Technologies | $328.70 million | 1.12 | -$87.50 million | ($1.07) | -4.07 |
LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares LiveRamp and Lesaka Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LiveRamp | 5.15% | 4.44% | 3.38% |
| Lesaka Technologies | -14.02% | -47.06% | -13.44% |
Risk and Volatility
LiveRamp has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by 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
LiveRamp beats Lesaka Technologies on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LiveRamp
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Lesaka Technologies
Lesaka Technologies, Inc. operates as a Fintech company that utilizes its proprietary banking and payment technologies to deliver financial services solutions to merchants (B2B) and consumers (B2C) in Southern Africa. It offers cash management solutions, growth capital, card acquiring, bill payment technologies, and value-added services to formal and informal retail merchants, as well as banking, lending, and insurance solutions to consumers across Southern Africa. The company also engages in the sale of POS devices, SIM cards, and other consumables; and license of rights to use certain technology developed by the company, as well as offers related technology services. The company was formerly known as Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lesaka Technologies, Inc. in May 2022. Lesaka Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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