Financial Contrast: GREE (OTCMKTS:GREZF) vs. DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI)

DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI) and GREE (OTCMKTS:GREZF) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares DoubleDown Interactive and GREE”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DoubleDown Interactive	$370.57 million	1.53	$102.50 million	$2.30	4.97
GREE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

DoubleDown Interactive has higher revenue and earnings than GREE.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for DoubleDown Interactive and GREE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoubleDown Interactive	0	3	1	0	2.25
GREE	0	0	0	0	0.00

DoubleDown Interactive presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.73%. Given DoubleDown Interactive’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DoubleDown Interactive is more favorable than GREE.

Volatility and Risk

DoubleDown Interactive has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GREE has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares DoubleDown Interactive and GREE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoubleDown Interactive	30.77%	12.16%	11.12%
GREE	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

DoubleDown Interactive beats GREE on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DoubleDown Interactive

DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. engages in the development and publishing of casual games and mobile applications in South Korea. It publishes digital gaming content on mobile and web platforms. The company offers DoubleDown Casino, DoubleDown Classic, DoubleDown Fort Knox, and cash me out games, as well as sells in-game virtual chips. Its games are primarily distributed, marketed, and promoted through third party platform providers. The company was formerly known as The8Games Co., Ltd. and changed its name to DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. in December 2019. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of DoubleU Games Co., Ltd.

About GREE

GREE, Inc. operates Internet entertainment, investment, and incubation business in Japan and internationally. It develops and operates various smartphone games under the GREE, WFS, Pokelabo, and GREE Entertainment brands; and engages with anime production committees to develop original contents domestically and internationally. The company also offers REALITY, a metaverse for smartphone for individuals to turn themselves into digital avatar and stream various contents, and VTuber business that allows streamers to host live digital performances, play games, and chat services; and REALITY XR cloud, a cloud solution platform that enables corporate customers to build their own metaverse using 3DCG and XR technologies, as well as develop and publish blockchain games. In addition, it provides Marketing DX a service designed to accompany the evolution of client companies and business growth; Operation DX that manages customer relationships, quality control, and risks associated with business development; and DDM, an analytics platform to restructures disorganized internal data by incorporating real-time visualization. Further, the company offers aumo that provides travel and lifestyle information content including latest information on restaurants, shopping, and travel, as well as user reviews on various stores and other facilities; and support for creation of sales promotion pages, access analysis, and post and dissemination of store and facility information. Additionally, it provides jobda for job-related information; LIMIA, an on-;one magazines that features home and living lifestyle content; MINE, an on-line video magazine that features women's fashion, beauty and lifestyle content; and ARINE, a on-line magazine for young women. The company also offers DADAN to deliver the entertainment of manga; STUDIO DADAN to plan and produce manga content; and invests in internet and IT fields. GREE, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.