Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNY) versus CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY) Financial Review

Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNY) and CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rakuten	$16.70 billion	0.64	-$1.19 billion	($0.37)	-13.35
CyberAgent	$5.86 billion	0.67	$212.18 million	$0.27	14.26

CyberAgent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rakuten. Rakuten is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CyberAgent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rakuten	-4.83%	-9.99%	-0.44%
CyberAgent	4.60%	18.41%	9.33%

Risk and Volatility

Rakuten has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberAgent has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Rakuten and CyberAgent, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rakuten	0	1	0	1	3.00
CyberAgent	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

CyberAgent beats Rakuten on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rakuten

Rakuten Group, Inc. provides services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications to various users in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Internet Services, FinTech, and Mobile. The Internet Services segment provides range of e-commerce sites, such as Rakuten Ichiba, an Internet shopping mall, online cash-back sites, travel booking sites, portal sites, and digital content sites. It also offers messaging services and sells advertising; and manages professional sport teams. The FinTech segment offers financial services over the internet related to banking and securities, credit cards, life insurance, general insurance, electronic payment business, crypto asset (virtual currency) spot transaction, etc. The Mobile segment provides communication services and technology, electricity supply, and digital content site services. The company was formerly known as Rakuten, Inc. and changed its name to Rakuten Group, Inc. in April 2021. Rakuten Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Setagaya, Japan.

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.