Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM) vs. BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) Financial Survey

Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Slam and BuzzFeed, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Slam	0	0	0	0	N/A
BuzzFeed	0	0	0	0	N/A

BuzzFeed has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 284.62%. Given BuzzFeed’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BuzzFeed is more favorable than Slam.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Slam and BuzzFeed’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Slam	N/A	N/A	$4.59 million	N/A	N/A
BuzzFeed	$252.68 million	0.23	-$88.58 million	($0.63)	-0.62

Slam has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BuzzFeed.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.3% of Slam shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slam shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of BuzzFeed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Slam and BuzzFeed’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slam	N/A	-13.21%	2.04%
BuzzFeed	-30.13%	-56.18%	-16.78%

Summary

Slam beats BuzzFeed on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Slam

Slam Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Slam Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.

About BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.