Pintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT) versus Vimeo (NASDAQ:VMEO) Critical Survey

Vimeo (NASDAQ:VMEO) and Pintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Vimeo and Pintec Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vimeo	6.48%	6.72%	4.26%
Pintec Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vimeo and Pintec Technology”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vimeo	$417.01 million	1.83	$22.03 million	$0.16	29.00
Pintec Technology	$35.14 million	0.43	-$11.12 million	N/A	N/A

Vimeo has higher revenue and earnings than Pintec Technology.

Volatility & Risk

Vimeo has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pintec Technology has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Vimeo and Pintec Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vimeo	0	2	2	0	2.50
Pintec Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00

Vimeo presently has a consensus target price of $7.35, indicating a potential upside of 58.41%. Given Vimeo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vimeo is more favorable than Pintec Technology.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.0% of Vimeo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pintec Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Vimeo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Pintec Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vimeo beats Pintec Technology on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vimeo

Vimeo, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides video software solutions worldwide. It provides the video tools through a software-as-a-service model, which enables its users to create, collaborate, and communicate with video on a single platform. The company also offers over-the-top OTT streaming and monetization services; AI-driven video creation and editing tools; and interactive and shoppable video tools. It serves large organizations, small businesses, creative professionals, marketers, and digital agencies. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Pintec Technology

Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of technology-enabled financial and digital services to the ecosystem of MSMEs and SMEs in the People’s Republic of China. The company connects business partners and financial partners on its open platform and enables them to provide financial services to end users. It provides point-of-sale financing solutions to its business partners on their platforms or on its own platform under the Dumiao brand; and business installment loan solutions to its business partners on their platforms or on its own platform. The company also offers wealth management solutions, including a fund distribution solution that enables partners to offer and distribute mutual fund products to their customers, either under its Hongdian brand or as a white label solution; and a robo-advisory solution under the Polaris brand which enables its financial and business partners to provide robo-advisory services to their customers. In addition, it provides international installment loan solutions; Myfin, an insurance solution, that enables its partners to offer and distribute insurance products to its users; value added tools to business and financial partners for deploying its solutions, monitor and evaluate performance, and scale their business; digital marketing tools to target users, implement intelligent digital marketing activities, and increase marketing efficiencies and effectiveness; and real time monitoring tools that offer comprehensive and visualized performance monitoring interface. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.