VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) versus Artificial Life (OTCMKTS:ALIF) Head to Head Review

VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) and Artificial Life (OTCMKTS:ALIF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares VNET Group and Artificial Life”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VNET Group	$1.13 billion	2.17	$25.10 million	($0.30)	-30.37
Artificial Life	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

VNET Group has higher revenue and earnings than Artificial Life.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

72.8% of VNET Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of VNET Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Artificial Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for VNET Group and Artificial Life, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VNET Group	1	0	2	1	2.75
Artificial Life	0	0	0	0	0.00

VNET Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.30, suggesting a potential upside of 78.92%. Given VNET Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe VNET Group is more favorable than Artificial Life.

Profitability

This table compares VNET Group and Artificial Life’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VNET Group	-5.99%	-3.42%	-0.59%
Artificial Life	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

VNET Group beats Artificial Life on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VNET Group

VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides server administration services, such as operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Artificial Life

Artificial Life, Inc. operates as a technology investment company. It operates content development studio, which implements custom solutions for smartphones and tablet devices. The company focuses on mobile and cross-platform applications and games. It is also involved in patent and technology licensing activities that specializes in intellectual property in the field of augmented reality technology and applications. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.