Analyzing ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) and Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM)

Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Adaptive Medias and ZW Data Action Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZW Data Action Technologies	$7.69 million	0.60	-$3.76 million	($1.22)	-1.16

Adaptive Medias has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZW Data Action Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Adaptive Medias and ZW Data Action Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZW Data Action Technologies	-50.16%	-100.39%	-39.07%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Adaptive Medias and ZW Data Action Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adaptive Medias	0	0	0	0	0.00
ZW Data Action Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given Adaptive Medias’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Adaptive Medias is more favorable than ZW Data Action Technologies.

About Adaptive Medias

Adaptive Medias, Inc. offers programmatic audience and content monetization. It provides these unique capabilities to monetize content efficiently across multiple marketing channels, including mobile, video and online display advertising. The company was founded by Omar Akram, Sal Aziz, and Qayed Murtaza Shareef on August 7, 2007 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.