CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY) & Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Critical Review

CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CyberAgent and Meta Platforms, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CyberAgent	0	1	0	0	2.00
Meta Platforms	0	10	44	3	2.88

Meta Platforms has a consensus price target of $791.86, indicating a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Meta Platforms’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Meta Platforms is more favorable than CyberAgent.

Risk & Volatility

CyberAgent has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CyberAgent and Meta Platforms”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CyberAgent	$5.86 billion	0.67	$212.18 million	$0.27	14.44
Meta Platforms	$200.97 billion	9.14	$60.46 billion	$26.55	27.17

Meta Platforms has higher revenue and earnings than CyberAgent. CyberAgent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Meta Platforms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CyberAgent and Meta Platforms’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CyberAgent	4.57%	17.63%	9.06%
Meta Platforms	29.83%	33.18%	20.07%

Summary

Meta Platforms beats CyberAgent on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CyberAgent

CyberAgent, Inc. engages in the media, internet advertising, game, and investment development businesses primarily in Japan. The company operates Ameba, a blog service; Tapple for online dating; AWA, a music streaming service; and WinTicket for online betting. It also offers internet advertising agency and ad technology services; and smartphone games. In addition, the company operates a programming school for kids and provides application and reward points exchange platform services; artificial intelligence services; and digital transformation services. CyberAgent, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California