Analyzing ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) & Big Tree Cloud (NASDAQ:DSY)

ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Big Tree Cloud (NASDAQ:DSY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for ARKO and Big Tree Cloud, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARKO	1	2	1	1	2.40
Big Tree Cloud	1	0	0	0	1.00

ARKO presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given ARKO’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ARKO is more favorable than Big Tree Cloud.

Volatility and Risk

ARKO has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Tree Cloud has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ARKO and Big Tree Cloud”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARKO	$7.64 billion	0.09	$22.74 million	$0.14	43.14
Big Tree Cloud	$2.56 million	7.03	-$32.53 million	N/A	N/A

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than Big Tree Cloud.

Profitability

This table compares ARKO and Big Tree Cloud’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARKO	0.30%	8.58%	0.63%
Big Tree Cloud	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.3% of ARKO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Big Tree Cloud shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of ARKO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.1% of Big Tree Cloud shares are owned by company 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

ARKO beats Big Tree Cloud on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ARKO

Arko Corp. operates convenience stores in the United States. It operates through Retail, Wholesale, Fleet Fueling, and GPMP segments. The Retail segment engages in the sale of fuel and merchandise to retail consumers. Its Wholesale segment supplies fuel to third-party dealers and consignment agents. The Fleet Fueling segment supplies fuel to proprietary and third-party cardlock, and issuance of proprietary fuel cards. Its GPMP segment supplies fuel to retail and wholesale segments. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.

About Big Tree Cloud

Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited manufactures and sells personal care products and other consumer goods. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of Ploutos Group Limited.