Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA) Critical Review

Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Rimini Street and Society Pass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rimini Street	-7.87%	-83.26%	10.79%
Society Pass	-171.10%	-431.98%	-79.26%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Rimini Street and Society Pass, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rimini Street	0	1	0	0	2.00
Society Pass	0	1	2	0	2.67

Rimini Street currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 100.89%. Society Pass has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,889.32%. Given Society Pass’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Society Pass is more favorable than Rimini Street.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

73.8% of Rimini Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Society Pass shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Society Pass shares are owned 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rimini Street and Society Pass”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rimini Street	$431.50 million	0.47	$26.06 million	($0.37)	-6.05
Society Pass	$8.17 million	0.43	-$18.13 million	($5.12)	-0.19

Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than Society Pass. Rimini Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Society Pass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Rimini Street has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Society Pass has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rimini Street beats Society Pass on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rimini Street

Rimini Street, Inc. provides enterprise software products, services, and support. The company engages in the provision of support services for Oracle and SAP enterprise software products. It also provides Rimini ONE, an outsourcing option that offers a set of unified and integrated services to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize its clients’ application, database, and technology enterprise software; Rimini Support, a mission-critical support for Oracle, SAP, proprietary and open-source database, and technology software; Rimini Manage, a suite of managed services for application and database software; Rimini Protect, a suite of personalized software security services and solutions; and Rimini Connect, a suite of managed interoperability solutions for browsers, operating systems, and email systems. In addition, the company offers Rimini Watch, a suite of observability solutions that include monitoring and system health check solutions; Rimini Consult, a suite of professional services for clients’ enterprise software customization, configuration, implementation, integration, interoperability, migration, staff augmentation, and other project needs; and Rimini Custom, a program that expands support and related services to a broader portfolio of enterprise software. The company serves Fortune 500 companies and Fortune Global 100 companies across various industries. It sells its solutions primarily through direct sales organizations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Society Pass

Society Pass Incorporated acquires and operates fintech and e-commerce platforms and mobile applications for consumers and merchants in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It operates through Online Grocery and Food and Groceries Deliveries, Digital marketing, Online ticketing and reservation, Telecommunications Reseller, e-Commerce, and Merchant Point of Sale segments. The company operates Leflair, an online lifestyle platform that offers services and products, such as fashion and accessories, beauty and personal care, and home and lifestyle; an online food delivery service under the Handycart brand name; and an online grocery delivery service under the Pushkart brand name. It also sells hardware and software to merchant; local mobile phone and global internet data plans; and domestic and overseas air ticket, and global hotel reservations, as well as offers digital marketing services. The company was formerly known as Food Society, Inc. and changed its name to Society Pass Incorporated in October 2018. Society Pass Incorporated was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.