LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) & GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) Head to Head Survey

GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

GigaCloud Technology has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

34.9% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 24.7% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GigaCloud Technology and LiveRamp”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GigaCloud Technology	$1.16 billion	1.07	$125.81 million	$3.34	9.89
LiveRamp	$778.79 million	2.44	-$810,000.00	$0.61	49.01

GigaCloud Technology has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. GigaCloud Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares GigaCloud Technology and LiveRamp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigaCloud Technology	10.62%	30.43%	11.89%
LiveRamp	1.89%	2.21%	1.69%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for GigaCloud Technology and LiveRamp, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GigaCloud Technology	0	4	1	0	2.20
LiveRamp	1	4	2	0	2.14

GigaCloud Technology currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 27.33%. LiveRamp has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.84%. Given LiveRamp’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than GigaCloud Technology.

Summary

GigaCloud Technology beats LiveRamp on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GigaCloud Technology

GigaCloud Technology Inc. provides end-to-end B2B ecommerce solutions for large parcel merchandise in the United States and internationally. The company offers GigaCloud Marketplace integrates product discovery to payments to logistics tools into one easy-to-use platform. Its marketplace connects manufacturers primarily in Asia with resellers in the United States, Asia, and Europe to execute cross-border transactions across furniture, home appliance, fitness equipment, and other large parcel categories. The company was formerly known as Oriental Standard Human Resources Holdings Limited and changed its name to GigaCloud Technology Inc. in February 2021. GigaCloud Technology Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in El Monte, California.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.