Lucas GC (NASDAQ:LGCL – Get Free Report) and Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
77.6% of Peraso shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Peraso shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Lucas GC and Peraso, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lucas GC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Peraso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Lucas GC and Peraso”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lucas GC | $145.69 million | 0.04 | $5.45 million | N/A | N/A |
| Peraso | $14.57 million | 0.58 | -$10.73 million | ($0.95) | -0.99 |
Lucas GC has higher revenue and earnings than Peraso.
Profitability
This table compares Lucas GC and Peraso’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lucas GC | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Peraso | -39.00% | -125.68% | -66.73% |
Volatility and Risk
Lucas GC has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peraso has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Peraso beats Lucas GC on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Peraso
Peraso Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor devices and modules. The company's products include millimeter wavelength (mmWave) ICs, including baseband IC, various mmWave radio frequency, integrated circuits, as well as associated antenna technology; and mmWave antenna modules. It also provides accelerator engine products, comprising bandwidth engine for high-performance applications where throughput is critical; and quad partition rate, which allows for parallel accesses to multiple partitions of the memory simultaneously. Its mmWave products are used for various applications, such as multi-gigabit point-to-point (PtMP) wireless links; and fixed wireless access in the 5G operating bands, as well as consumer applications, such as wireless video streaming, and untethered augmented reality and virtual reality. The company also licenses intellectual property, as well as offers non-recurring engineering services. It markets its products through direct sales personnel, as well as sells representatives and distributors. The company was formerly knowns as MoSys, Inc. and changed its name to Peraso Inc. in December 2021. Peraso Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.
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