Comparing Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR)

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Corsair Gaming and Samsung Electronics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corsair Gaming	1	3	4	1	2.56
Samsung Electronics	0	2	0	1	2.67

Corsair Gaming presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.15%. Given Corsair Gaming’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Samsung Electronics.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Samsung Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Samsung Electronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corsair Gaming	2.36%	13.10%	6.88%
Samsung Electronics	9.12%	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Samsung Electronics”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corsair Gaming	$1.47 billion	1.00	-$12.47 million	$0.30	45.53
Samsung Electronics	$197.69 billion	0.09	$18.45 billion	$2.68	52.24

Samsung Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Corsair Gaming. Corsair Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samsung Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsung Electronics has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Samsung Electronics on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. engages in the consumer electronics, information technology and mobile communications, and device solutions businesses worldwide. The company offers smartphones, tablets, watches, and accessories; TVs, projectors, and sound devices; home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines and dryers, vacuum cleaners, cooking appliances, dishwashers, air conditioners, and air purifiers; monitors and memory storage products; displays, and smart and LED signages; and other accessories. It also engages in venture capital investments, cloud services, network devices installation, semiconductor equipment maintenance services, digital advertising platforms, marketing, consulting, connected services, logistics, financing, and software design activities; toll processing of display panels and semiconductors; development and sale of network solutions; manufactures semiconductors and food; provision of repair services for electronic devices; and development and supply of semiconductor process defect and quality control software, as well as digital televisions, foundry, system large scale integration, connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and connected services. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Suwon, South Korea.