Head to Head Review: Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) and OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB)

OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB) and Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.8% of OLB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of OLB Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for OLB Group and Ocado Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OLB Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Ocado Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares OLB Group and Ocado Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OLB Group	-92.68%	-208.53%	-71.73%
Ocado Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares OLB Group and Ocado Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OLB Group	$9.64 million	0.91	-$11.23 million	($3.56)	-0.28
Ocado Group	$1.55 billion	1.63	-$429.66 million	N/A	N/A

OLB Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ocado Group.

Risk and Volatility

OLB Group has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocado Group has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ocado Group beats OLB Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OLB Group

The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.

About Ocado Group

Ocado Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Technology Solutions, Ocado Logistics, and Ocado Retail. It offers online grocery and general merchandise; and customer fulfillment centers and logistics services. The company is involved in the software and robotics platform business that provides the Ocado Smart Platform as a managed service, as well as offers Ocado Intelligent Automation that sells its technology to warehouse environments in non-grocery markets. In addition, the company provides online retail and automated storage and retrieval solutions for general merchandise to corporations. Ocado Group plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.