RideNow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) & Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) Financial Review

RideNow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) and Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

66.1% of RideNow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of RideNow Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of Live Current Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares RideNow Group and Live Current Media”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RideNow Group	$1.08 billion	0.27	-$52.40 million	($1.24)	-6.15
Live Current Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.12)	N/A

Live Current Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RideNow Group. RideNow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Current Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares RideNow Group and Live Current Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RideNow Group	-4.28%	-2,628.57%	-1.85%
Live Current Media	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for RideNow Group and Live Current Media, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RideNow Group	1	2	0	0	1.67
Live Current Media	0	0	0	0	0.00

RideNow Group currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.70%. Given Live Current Media’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Live Current Media is more favorable than RideNow Group.

Summary

Live Current Media beats RideNow Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About RideNow Group

RumbleOn, Inc. primarily operates as a powersports retailer in the United States. It operates in two segments, Powersports and Vehicle Transportation Services. The Powersports segment provides new and pre-owned motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain or side-by-side vehicles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, and other powersports products. It also offers parts, apparel, accessories, finance and insurance products and services, and aftermarket products, as well as repair and maintenance services. The Vehicle Transportation Services segment provides asset-light transportation brokerage services facilitating automobile transportation. The company was formerly known as Smart Server, Inc. and changed its name to RumbleOn, Inc. in February 2017. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Irving, Texas.

About Live Current Media

Live Current Media, Inc. acquires and integrates technologies that automate processes in content and community creation. It brings businesses and technologies together to provide an end-to-end resource for the creators who do not have a meaningful piece of the creator economy. The company's platform features a set of creative tools and community building technologies that power video community creation, AR/VR discovery, social media amplification, personal and business brand management and sponsorship, and alternative revenue creation for the global creative community. It also provides community and experiential solutions for businesses to become more creative in the way they reach their customers and constituents. Its Exosystem helps creators to manage the independent creativity. Live Current Media, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.