Contrasting Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC)

Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grab and Live Current Media’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grab	$1.43 billion	9.75	-$1.68 billion	($0.27)	-13.81
Live Current Media	$490,000.00	0.00	-$15.73 million	($0.12)	N/A

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

Risk and Volatility

Grab has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Current Media has a beta of -0.7, suggesting that its share price is 170% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.5% of Grab shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Grab shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of Live Current Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Grab and Live Current Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grab	-55.26%	-16.50%	-12.16%
Live Current Media	N/A	-451.41%	-255.75%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Grab and Live Current Media, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grab	0	1	6	0	2.86
Live Current Media	0	0	0	0	N/A

Grab presently has a consensus target price of $4.69, indicating a potential upside of 25.71%.

Summary

Grab beats Live Current Media on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Grab

Grab Holdings Limited engages in the provision of superapps in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company offers its Grab ecosystem, a single platform with superapps for driver- and merchant-partners and consumers, that allows access to mobility, delivery, digital financial services, and enterprise sector offerings. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

About Live Current Media

Live Current Media, Inc. acquires and integrates technologies that automate processes in content and community creation. It brings businesses and technologies together to provide an end-to-end resource for the creators who do not have a meaningful piece of the creator economy. The company's platform features a set of creative tools and community building technologies that power video community creation, AR/VR discovery, social media amplification, personal and business brand management and sponsorship, and alternative revenue creation for the global creative community. It also provides community and experiential solutions for businesses to become more creative in the way they reach their customers and constituents. Its Exosystem helps creators to manage the independent creativity. Live Current Media, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.