Comparing CURRENC Group (NASDAQ:CURR) and Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI)

CURRENC Group (NASDAQ:CURR) and Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares CURRENC Group and Rimini Street’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CURRENC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rimini Street	-7.87%	-83.26%	10.79%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CURRENC Group and Rimini Street, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CURRENC Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rimini Street	0	1	1	0	2.50

Rimini Street has a consensus price target of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 53.51%. Given Rimini Street’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rimini Street is more favorable than CURRENC Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CURRENC Group and Rimini Street”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CURRENC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rimini Street	$431.50 million	0.72	$26.06 million	($0.37)	-9.24

Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than CURRENC Group.

Volatility and Risk

CURRENC Group has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rimini Street has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.0% of CURRENC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Rimini Street shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of CURRENC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Rimini Street beats CURRENC Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CURRENC Group

Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

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.