Elys BMG Group (NASDAQ:ELYS – Get Free Report) and Tuya (NYSE:TUYA – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Elys BMG Group and Tuya, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Elys BMG Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Tuya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Elys BMG Group currently has a consensus price target of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 566.67%. Tuya has a consensus price target of $2.70, suggesting a potential upside of 57.89%. Given Elys BMG Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Elys BMG Group is more favorable than Tuya.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Elys BMG Group | -40.25% | -525.11% | -138.50% |
| Tuya | -26.23% | -4.66% | -4.27% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Elys BMG Group and Tuya’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Elys BMG Group | $42.68 million | 0.14 | -$18.26 million | ($0.56) | -0.27 |
| Tuya | $229.99 million | 3.75 | -$60.31 million | ($0.11) | -15.55 |
Elys BMG Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tuya. Tuya is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elys BMG Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
11.5% of Tuya shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of Elys BMG Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tuya shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Elys BMG Group has a beta of 2.71, meaning that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tuya has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tuya beats Elys BMG Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Elys BMG Group
Elys BMG Group, Inc. engages in the provision of business-to-consumer gaming services in the United States and Europe. The company offers betting platform software services to leisure betting establishments; and operates web based and land-based leisure betting establishments. Its gaming product offerings include sports betting; and online casino, such as online slot and table games, poker, bingo, skilled and interactive games, virtual sports betting, and horse racing. It provides its products through physical, land-based retail locations; newgioco.it or commercial webskins linked to its website; and mobile devices. The company was formerly known as Elys Game Technology, Corp. and changed its name to Elys BMG Group, Inc. in January 2024. Elys BMG Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
About Tuya
Tuya Inc. offers Internet of Things (IoT) cloud development platform in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company provides IoT platform-as-a-service that enables brands, original equipment manufacturers, and developers to develop, launch, manage, and monetize software-enabled smart devices and services; and industry software-as-a-service, which enables businesses to deploy, connect, and manage various types of smart devices. It also offers a wide range of cloud-based value-added services to businesses, developers, and end users to develop and manage IoT experiences. In addition, the company sells finished smart devices. It offers its solutions to smart home, smart business, healthcare, education, agriculture, outdoors and sport, and entertainment industries. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
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