United Internet (OTCMKTS:UDIRF – Get Free Report) and WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares United Internet and WEBTOON Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| United Internet | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | -25.09% | 2.10% | 1.60% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for United Internet and WEBTOON Entertainment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| United Internet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.12 |
Risk and Volatility
United Internet has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEBTOON Entertainment has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares United Internet and WEBTOON Entertainment”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| United Internet | $6.85 billion | 0.77 | $114.57 million | ($0.34) | -80.40 |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | $1.38 billion | 0.84 | -$345.93 million | ($2.63) | -3.25 |
United Internet has higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment. United Internet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEBTOON Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
WEBTOON Entertainment beats United Internet on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About United Internet
United Internet AG, through its subsidiaries, operates as an Internet service provider worldwide. The company operates through Consumer Access, Business Access, Consumer Applications, and Business Applications segments. It offers landline-based broadband and mobile internet products, including home networks, online storage, telephony, and IPTV for private users; and telecommunication products ranging from fiber-optic direct connections to tailored ICT solutions, which include voice, data, and network solutions, as well as infrastructure services to national and international carriers and ISPs. The company also provides applications and services for home users, such as personal information management applications comprising email, to-do lists, appointments, and addresses; and online cloud storage, as well as domains and website solutions. In addition, it provides business applications for freelancers and small to medium enterprises, such as domains, websites, web hosting, servers, cloud solutions, e-shops, group work, online cloud storage, and office software. It offers its access products through the yourfone, smartmobile.de, 1&1, and 1&1 Versatel brands; and applications through GMX, mail.com, WEB.DE, home.pl, Arsys, STRATO, IONOS, Fasthosts, we22, InterNetX, united-domains, and World4You brand names. In addition, the company offers customers professional services in the fields of active domain management; performance-based advertising and sales services under the Sedo brand name; online advertising services under the United Internet Media brand name; and white-label website builder services under the we22 brand, as well as sells IT hardware. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Montabaur, Germany.
About WEBTOON Entertainment
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. operates a storytelling platform worldwide. The company’s platform allows a community of creators and users to discover, create, and share new content. Its platform offers stories primarily in two ways, including web-comics, a graphical comic-like medium; and web-novels, which are text-based stories. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation.
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