Head to Head Survey: VS MEDIA (NASDAQ:VSME) & Weibo (NASDAQ:WB)

Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) and VS MEDIA (NASDAQ:VSME) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Weibo and VS MEDIA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weibo	1	2	1	0	2.00
VS MEDIA	0	0	0	0	0.00

Weibo currently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.63%. Given Weibo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Weibo is more favorable than VS MEDIA.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

68.8% of Weibo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of VS MEDIA shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Weibo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Weibo has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VS MEDIA has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Weibo and VS MEDIA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weibo	20.41%	12.29%	6.41%
VS MEDIA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Weibo and VS MEDIA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weibo	$1.75 billion	1.31	$300.80 million	$1.38	6.88
VS MEDIA	$8.25 million	0.99	-$7.29 million	N/A	N/A

Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than VS MEDIA.

Summary

Weibo beats VS MEDIA on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Weibo

Weibo Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a social media platform for people to create, discover, and distribute content in the People’s Republic of China. It operates in two segments, Advertising and Marketing Services; and Value-Added Services. The company offers discovery products to help users discover content on its platform; self-expression products that enable its users to express themselves on its platform; and social products to promote social interaction between users on its platform. It also provides advertising and marketing solutions, such as social display advertisements; and promoted marketing offerings, such as Fans Headline and Weibo Express promoted feeds, as well as promoted trends and search products that appear alongside user’s trends discovery and search behaviors. In addition, the company offers products, such as trends, search, video/live streaming, and editing tools; content customization, copyright contents pooling, and user interaction development; and search list recommendation, trends list recommendation, and Weibo app opening advertisements. Further, it provides back-end management, traffic support, and product services for better displaying and promotion of its account and content; open application platform for other app developers that allows users to log into third-party applications with their Weibo account for sharing third-party content on its platform; and Weibo Wallet, a product that enables platform partners to conduct interest generation activities on Weibo, such as handing out red envelops and coupons. The company was formerly known as T.CN Corporation and changed its name to Weibo Corporation in 2012. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About VS MEDIA

VS MEDIA Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, operates a network of digital creators who create and upload content to social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.