Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC) versus Karooooo (NASDAQ:KARO) Head to Head Review

Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC) and Karooooo (NASDAQ:KARO) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Global Arena and Karooooo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Arena	-216.12%	N/A	-258.73%
Karooooo	16.67%	25.26%	16.79%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Global Arena and Karooooo’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Arena	$700,000.00	0.52	-$1.71 million	N/A	N/A
Karooooo	$210.59 million	N/A	$35.89 million	$1.18	22.22

Karooooo has higher revenue and earnings than Global Arena.

Volatility & Risk

Global Arena has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Karooooo has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Global Arena and Karooooo, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Arena	0	0	0	0	N/A
Karooooo	0	0	3	0	3.00

Karooooo has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.42%. Given Karooooo’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Karooooo is more favorable than Global Arena.

Summary

Karooooo beats Global Arena on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Arena

Global Arena Holding Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled paper absentee/mail ballot and online election services in the United States. The company offers voter authentication and registration software, which authenticates and registers voting member in a data look-up system; and scanning and tabulation software, an advanced OMR/OCR/Barcode scanning and tabulation software, as well as an online voting platform. It provides its services to craft and trade organizations, labor unions, political parties, co-operatives and housing organizations, associations and professional societies, universities, and political organizations. The company was formerly known as Global Arena Holding Subsidiary Corp. Global Arena Holding Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

About Karooooo

Karooooo Ltd. provides mobility software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for connected vehicles in South Africa, rest of Africa, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the United States. The company offers Fleet Telematics, a fleet management SaaS platform that provides real-time insights; LiveVision, which offers pro-active risk management and fleet visibility; MiFleet advanced fleet administration and business intelligence that provides cost management and administration capability services; and Karooooo Logistics, a software application for management of last mile delivery and general operational logistics. It provides Cartrack Field Service, a software application for management of field and on site workers; Business Intelligence for high-level view of fleet statistics; asset tracking for tracking and tracing moveable assets; asset recovery services that assists vehicle owners and insurance companies with the recovery of vehicles and other assets; and insurance telematics that allows insurers to tailor premiums for commercial and consumer customers using analytics; Protector, a safety package for consumer vehicles; and Car Watch, a mobile application that lets users track and watch their vehicles. In addition, the company offers specialist mobility solutions that include Bike Track, a GPS-based solution for commercial motorbike fleets; Credit Management that predicts payment cycles and facilitate active credit management for asset-based vehicle finance; electronic monitoring services application that allows law enforcement agencies to monitor persons of interest; and mobility and monitoring solutions, such as Carzuka, cartrack insurance agency, and on-demand rideshare taxi application, as well as smart IoT products. It provides its solutions through direct sales force to consumers and sole proprietors, small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, and other connected devices. Karooooo Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Singapore.