Comparing LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU)

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for LiveRamp and PropertyGuru Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	0	0	5	1	3.17
PropertyGuru Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

LiveRamp presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 78.56%. PropertyGuru Group has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.06%. Given LiveRamp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than PropertyGuru Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

LiveRamp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PropertyGuru Group has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LiveRamp and PropertyGuru Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	0.88%	2.14%	1.67%
PropertyGuru Group	-13.27%	-3.47%	-2.92%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LiveRamp and PropertyGuru Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp	$681.55 million	2.58	$11.88 million	$0.18	145.61
PropertyGuru Group	$111.81 million	9.62	-$11.37 million	($0.05)	-132.00

LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than PropertyGuru Group. PropertyGuru Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

LiveRamp beats PropertyGuru Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About PropertyGuru Group

PropertyGuru Group Limited operates digital property classifieds marketplaces that connects homeowners and tenants with verified home service providers in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. The company offers digital and marketing services for developers. It also offers data and sales process automation products. In addition, the company provides a range of data products and services for agents/agencies, property developers and valuers, and financial institution customers. It serves agents and developers to advertise residential and commercial properties for sale or rent to property seekers. PropertyGuru Group Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Singapore.