Financial Analysis: Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) versus CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYAGF)

CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYAGF) and Taoping (NASDAQ:TAOP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CyberAgent and Taoping”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CyberAgent	$5.86 billion	0.82	$212.17 million	$0.40	23.80
Taoping	$36.67 million	0.07	-$1.82 million	N/A	N/A

CyberAgent has higher revenue and earnings than Taoping.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.0% of Taoping shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares CyberAgent and Taoping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CyberAgent	3.62%	14.04%	7.00%
Taoping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for CyberAgent and Taoping, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CyberAgent	0	1	0	0	2.00
Taoping	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk & Volatility

CyberAgent has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Taoping has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CyberAgent beats Taoping on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CyberAgent

CyberAgent, Inc. engages in the media, internet advertising, game, and investment development businesses primarily in Japan. The company operates Ameba, a blog service; Tapple for online dating; AWA, a music streaming service; and WinTicket for online betting. It also offers internet advertising agency and ad technology services; and smartphone games. In addition, the company operates a programming school for kids and provides application and reward points exchange platform services; artificial intelligence services; and digital transformation services. CyberAgent, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Taoping

Taoping Inc. provides cloud-based platform, resource sharing, and big data solutions to the Chinese new media, education residential community management, and elevator Internet of Things (IoT) industries in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Cloud-Based Technology and Traditional Information Technology segments. The company offers cloud-based software as a service to automate the interactive workflows between advertising agencies and their customers, including establishing new advertising projects, submitting advertisement proposals, revising and approving advertising proposals, processing payment online, remotely uploading advertisement content, and tracking and analyzing performance data. It also provides project-based technology products and services for the public sector; and software and hardware with integrated solutions, such as information technology infrastructure, internet-enabled display technologies, and IoT platforms to customers in government, education, residential community management, media, transportation, and other private sectors, as well as related maintenance and support services. In addition, the company offers cloud-application-terminal, IoT technology based digital advertising distribution network, and media resource sharing platform in the out-of-home advertising markets. Further, it operates Taoping Net, an advertising-resources trading service platform, which connect screen owners, advertisers, and consumers; and Taoping App that enable customers to distribute and manage ads from mobile terminals. The company was formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Taoping Inc. in June 2018. Taoping Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.