Financial Analysis: Dada Nexus (NASDAQ:DADA) versus Clikia (OTCMKTS:CLKA)

Clikia (OTCMKTS:CLKA – Get Rating) and Dada Nexus (NASDAQ:DADA – Get Rating) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Clikia and Dada Nexus’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clikia	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A
Dada Nexus	$1.06 billion	1.96	-$387.77 million	($1.54)	-5.20

Clikia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dada Nexus.

Profitability

This table compares Clikia and Dada Nexus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clikia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dada Nexus	-32.74%	-40.74%	-31.89%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Clikia and Dada Nexus, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clikia	0	0	0	0	N/A
Dada Nexus	0	0	7	0	3.00

Dada Nexus has a consensus target price of $25.90, indicating a potential upside of 227.43%. Given Dada Nexus’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dada Nexus is more favorable than Clikia.

Risk & Volatility

Clikia has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dada Nexus has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.2% of Dada Nexus shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clikia beats Dada Nexus on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Clikia (Get Rating)

Clikia Corp., through its subsidiary, Maison Luxe LLC, engages in retailing luxury goods. It primarily focuses on offering fine timepieces and jewelry on wholesale and business-to-consumer basis. The company is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

About Dada Nexus (Get Rating)

Dada Nexus Limited operates platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, a local on-demand retail platform for consumers, retailers, and brand owners; and Dada Now, a local on-demand delivery platform for merchants and individual senders in various industries and product categories. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.