Snap (NYSE:SNAP) vs. Lucas GC (NASDAQ:LGCL) Financial Review

Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Lucas GC (NASDAQ:LGCL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Snap and Lucas GC, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snap	1	22	9	0	2.25
Lucas GC	0	0	0	0	N/A

Snap currently has a consensus price target of $14.31, indicating a potential upside of 17.43%. Given Snap’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Snap is more favorable than Lucas GC.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Snap and Lucas GC”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Snap	$4.61 billion	4.39	-$1.32 billion	($0.58)	-21.02
Lucas GC	$207.60 million	0.46	$10.94 million	N/A	N/A

Lucas GC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snap.

Profitability

This table compares Snap and Lucas GC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snap	-18.49%	-35.60%	-10.42%
Lucas GC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Snap beats Lucas GC on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Snap

Snap Inc. operates as a technology company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a visual messaging application with various tabs, such as camera, visual messaging, snap map, stories, and spotlight that enable people to communicate visually through short videos and images. It also provides Spectacles, an eyewear product that connects with Snapchat and captures photos and video from a human perspective; and advertising products, including AR ads and Snap ads comprises a single image or video ads, collection ads, dynamic ads, story ads, and commercials. The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

About Lucas GC

Lucas GC Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides online agent-centric human capital management services based on platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in the People’s Republic of China. Its Star Career and Columbus platforms enables registered users to receive customized job recommendations and work as talent scouts to source suitable candidates for its corporate customers through their social network, as well as receive trainings and other value-added services. The company’s platform provides permanent and flexible employment recruitment services; outsourcing services primarily for technology-related projects to design, develop, and deliver the projects within budget and on time with acceptable quality; information technology services to generate sales leads for its corporate customers; and training services comprising career-related certification programs. In addition, it engages in the media and entertainment business, as well as provides management consulting services. Lucas GC Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Beijing, China. Lucas GC Limited operates as a subsidiary of HTL Lucky Holding Limited.