Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) Head-To-Head Analysis

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Applied Digital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$21.36 million	0.14	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A
Applied Digital	$165.57 million	12.81	-$149.27 million	($1.17)	-8.42

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Applied Digital.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Applied Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Applied Digital	-74.95%	-88.87%	-20.16%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Applied Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	0.00
Applied Digital	0	0	6	0	3.00

Applied Digital has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Applied Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Risk and Volatility

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Digital has a beta of 4.65, indicating that its share price is 365% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Applied Digital beats Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.