Contrasting Tuya (NYSE:TUYA) & nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO)

nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) and Tuya (NYSE:TUYA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for nCino and Tuya, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nCino	1	8	10	1	2.55
Tuya	0	1	1	0	2.50

nCino presently has a consensus target price of $30.53, suggesting a potential upside of 111.74%. Tuya has a consensus target price of $3.69, suggesting a potential upside of 61.49%. Given nCino’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe nCino is more favorable than Tuya.

Profitability

This table compares nCino and Tuya’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nCino	-3.71%	2.28%	1.51%
Tuya	17.99%	5.75%	5.16%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares nCino and Tuya”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
nCino	$540.66 million	3.06	-$37.88 million	($0.18)	-80.11
Tuya	$321.79 million	3.85	$57.89 million	$0.09	25.39

Tuya has lower revenue, but higher earnings than nCino. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tuya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.8% of nCino shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Tuya shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of nCino shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tuya shares are owned 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 & Volatility

nCino has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tuya has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

nCino beats Tuya on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About nCino

nCino, Inc., a software-as-a-service company, provides cloud-based software applications to financial institutions in the United States and internationally. Its nCino Bank Operating System connects financial institution employees, clients and third parties on a single cloud-based platform which include client onboarding, deposit account opening, loan origination, end-to-end mortgage suite, and powerful ecosystem. The company's nIQ, an application suite that utilizes data analytics and artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide its customers with automation and insights into their operations, such as tools for analyzing, measuring, and managing credit risk, as well as to enhance their ability to comply with regulatory requirements. It also offers SimpleNexus, a cloud-based mobile-first homeownership software solution. The company serves financial institution customers, including global financial institutions, enterprise banks, regional banks, community banks, credit unions, new market entrants, and independent mortgage banks through business development representatives, account executives, field sales engineers, and customer success managers. nCino, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

About Tuya

Tuya Inc. offers purpose-built Internet of Things (IoT) cloud development platform in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company provides platform-as-a-service that enables business, original equipment manufacturers, brands, and developers to develop, launch, manage, and monetize software-enabled smart devices and services; and industry software-as-a-service, which enables businesses to deploy, connect, and manage various types of smart devices. It also offers cloud-based software value-added services that provides end users with smart features, such as cloud storage; and Cube Smart Private Cloud Solution which enables conglomerates to build their own autonomous and controllable IoT platforms; and could-based services to businesses, developers, and end users to develop and manage IoT experiences. In addition, the company provides smart solutions for IoT devices that integrates software capabilities; and enables developers to activate an IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners, and end users to engage and communicate through a range of smart devices, as well as sells finished smart devices. It offers its solutions to smart home, smart business, renewable energy, education, agriculture, outdoors and sport, and entertainment industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.