Head-To-Head Survey: Sycamore Entertainment Group (OTCMKTS:SEGI) & BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD)

BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and Sycamore Entertainment Group (OTCMKTS:SEGI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for BuzzFeed and Sycamore Entertainment Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BuzzFeed	1	1	0	0	1.50
Sycamore Entertainment Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

BuzzFeed presently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. Given BuzzFeed’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BuzzFeed is more favorable than Sycamore Entertainment Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.5% of Sycamore Entertainment Group 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.

Risk and Volatility

BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.42, meaning that its share price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sycamore Entertainment Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BuzzFeed and Sycamore Entertainment Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed	$189.89 million	0.19	-$10.10 million	N/A	N/A
Sycamore Entertainment Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sycamore Entertainment Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BuzzFeed.

Profitability

This table compares BuzzFeed and Sycamore Entertainment Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BuzzFeed	0.06%	-38.20%	-16.42%
Sycamore Entertainment Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BuzzFeed beats Sycamore Entertainment Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Sycamore Entertainment Group

Sycamore Entertainment Group, Inc., a diversified entertainment company, which specializes in the acquisition, marketing, and worldwide distribution of feature-length motion pictures. The company is based in Seattle, Washington.