Comparing PodcastOne (NASDAQ:PODC) & WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI)

PodcastOne (NASDAQ:PODC) and WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares PodcastOne and WiMi Hologram Cloud’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PodcastOne	-9.07%	-34.68%	-23.83%
WiMi Hologram Cloud	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

PodcastOne has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WiMi Hologram Cloud has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.9% of PodcastOne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of WiMi Hologram Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.4% of PodcastOne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.6% of WiMi Hologram Cloud shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for PodcastOne and WiMi Hologram Cloud, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PodcastOne	1	1	0	0	1.50
WiMi Hologram Cloud	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PodcastOne and WiMi Hologram Cloud”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PodcastOne	$52.12 million	1.08	-$6.46 million	($0.20)	-10.50
WiMi Hologram Cloud	$75.39 million	0.34	$9.97 million	N/A	N/A

WiMi Hologram Cloud has higher revenue and earnings than PodcastOne.

Summary

WiMi Hologram Cloud beats PodcastOne on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PodcastOne

PodcastOne, Inc. operates as a podcast platform and publisher. The company offers its content to audiences through podcasting distribution platforms, including its website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and others. It also produces vodcasts, branded podcasts, merchandise, and live events. In addition, the company builds, owns, and operates LaunchPadOne, a self-publishing podcast platform. The company was formerly known as Courtside Group, Inc. and changed its name to PodcastOne, Inc. in September 2023. PodcastOne, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Beverly Hills, California. PodcastOne, Inc. is a subsidiary of LiveOne, Inc.

About WiMi Hologram Cloud

WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. provides augmented reality (AR) based holographic services and products in China. It operates in three segments: AR Advertising Services, AR Entertainment, and Semiconductor Related Products and Services. The company primarily offers holographic AR advertising services and holographic AR entertainment products. Its holographic AR advertising software enables users to insert into video footages real or animated three-dimensional objects; and online holographic AR advertising solution embeds holographic AR ads into films and shows. The company's holographic AR entertainment products consist primarily of payment middleware software, game distribution platform, and holographic mixed reality software. In addition, it engages in the provision of central processing algorithm services, and provides computer chip products to enterprise customers, as well as sells comprehensive solutions for central processing algorithms and related services with software and hardware integration. Further, the company's holographic AR technologies are used in software engineering, content production, cloud, big data, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, it provides hardware performance optimization and software algorithm optimization services to online game developers and game distributors. The company serves a range of industries, including manufacturing, real estate, entertainment, technology, media and telecommunications, travel, education, and retail. WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.