Financial Review: S4 Capital (OTCMKTS:SCPPF) & Stran & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWAG)

Stran & Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWAG – Get Rating) and S4 Capital (OTCMKTS:SCPPF – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Stran & Company, Inc. and S4 Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stran & Company, Inc.	-3.21%	-4.20%	-3.18%
S4 Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Stran & Company, Inc. and S4 Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stran & Company, Inc.	0	0	1	0	3.00
S4 Capital	0	1	1	0	2.50

Stran & Company, Inc. currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 190.32%. Given Stran & Company, Inc.’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stran & Company, Inc. is more favorable than S4 Capital.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Stran & Company, Inc. and S4 Capital’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stran & Company, Inc.	$39.70 million	0.73	$230,000.00	N/A	N/A
S4 Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Stran & Company, Inc. has higher revenue and earnings than S4 Capital.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.4% of Stran & Company, Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.5% of Stran & Company, Inc. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Stran & Company, Inc. beats S4 Capital on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stran & Company, Inc.

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Stran & Company, Inc. provides outsourced marketing solutions. The company offers clients custom sourcing services; and e-commerce solutions for promoting branded merchandise and other promotional products, managing promotional loyalty and incentives, print collateral and event assets, order and inventory management, designing and hosting online retail popup shops, fixed public retail online stores, and online business-to-business service offerings. It also provides creative and merchandising services; warehousing/fulfillment and distribution; print-on-demand services; kitting services; point of sale displays; and loyalty and incentive programs. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts.

About S4 Capital

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S4 Capital plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital advertising and marketing services company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three segments: Content, Data & Digital Media, and Technology Services. The company offers contents, campaigns, and assets for paid, social, and earned media, such as digital platforms and apps, as well as brand activations. It also provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services. In addition, the company offers digital transformation services in delivering digital product design, engineering services, and delivery services. S4 Capital plc is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.