Financial Contrast: Golden Sun Health Technology Group (NASDAQ:GSUN) and QuantaSing Group (NASDAQ:QSG)

QuantaSing Group (NASDAQ:QSG) and Golden Sun Health Technology Group (NASDAQ:GSUN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

QuantaSing Group has a beta of -0.98, suggesting that its share price is 198% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Sun Health Technology Group has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Golden Sun Health Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Golden Sun Health Technology Group 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.

Profitability

This table compares QuantaSing Group and Golden Sun Health Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuantaSing Group	13.13%	47.31%	21.93%
Golden Sun Health Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares QuantaSing Group and Golden Sun Health Technology Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuantaSing Group	$2.73 billion	0.09	$50.08 million	$0.90	5.44
Golden Sun Health Technology Group	$10.16 million	0.24	-$3.71 million	N/A	N/A

QuantaSing Group has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Sun Health Technology Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for QuantaSing Group and Golden Sun Health Technology Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuantaSing Group	0	1	1	0	2.50
Golden Sun Health Technology Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

QuantaSing Group presently has a consensus price target of $9.52, indicating a potential upside of 94.29%. Given QuantaSing Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe QuantaSing Group is more favorable than Golden Sun Health Technology Group.

Summary

QuantaSing Group beats Golden Sun Health Technology Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuantaSing Group

QuantaSing Group Limited provides online learning services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers online courses, including financial literacy, short-video production, personal well-being, electronic keyboard, and meditation courses. It also offers marketing and enterprise talent management services to enterprise customers. In addition, the company provides online and literacy course to adult learners under various brands, including QiNiu, JiangZhen, and QianChi. QuantaSing Group Limited was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Golden Sun Health Technology Group

Golden Sun Health Technology Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides education and management services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers foreign language tutorial services; and TOEFL, IELTS, and school and college entrance examination training, as well as other education training management services. It also provides minor language purchase service courses; and develops an artificial intelligent teaching platform. In addition, the company offers educational management and consulting services, including branding, safety management, teacher training, supervision and evaluation, rating guidance services to the kindergartens. Further, it operates tutorial centers in Wenzhou city, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, and Shanghai City in China. The company was formerly known as Golden Sun Education Group Limited and changed its name to Golden Sun Education Group Limited in February 2024. Golden Sun Health Technology Group Limited was founded in 1997 and is based in Shanghai, China.