Reviewing JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) & THUMZUP MEDIA (NASDAQ:DTCX)

THUMZUP MEDIA (NASDAQ:DTCX) and JOYY (NASDAQ:JOYY) are both services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
THUMZUP MEDIA	N/A	N/A	-$4.00 million	($1.44)	-1.25
JOYY	$2.24 billion	1.44	-$146.24 million	$32.33	1.94

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

Profitability

This table compares THUMZUP MEDIA and JOYY’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
THUMZUP MEDIA	N/A	-109.59%	-105.41%
JOYY	83.18%	4.67%	3.81%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.5% of THUMZUP MEDIA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for THUMZUP MEDIA and JOYY, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
THUMZUP MEDIA	0	0	0	0	0.00
JOYY	0	2	1	0	2.33

JOYY has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Given JOYY’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JOYY is more favorable than THUMZUP MEDIA.

Volatility and Risk

THUMZUP MEDIA has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JOYY beats THUMZUP MEDIA on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About THUMZUP MEDIA

Thumzup Media Corporation operates as a software as a service provider in the United States. The company develops and builds influencer and gig economy community under the Thumzup mobile application. Its mobile application incentivizes real people to generate and post authentic posts on social media about the advertiser and its products. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About JOYY

JOYY Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates social media platforms that offer users engaging and experience across various video and audio-based social platforms. The company operates Bigo Live, a live streaming platform that allows users to live stream specific moments, such as live talk with other users, make video calls, and watch trend videos; Likee, a short-form video social platform that focuses on enabling users to create short-form video; Hago, a casual game-oriented social platform; and imo, a chat and instant messaging application with functions, including video calls, text messages, and photo and video sharing. It operates in the People’s Republic of China, the United States, the Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and others. The company was formerly known as YY Inc. and changed its name to JOYY Inc. in December 2019. JOYY Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Singapore.