Contrasting Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN) & Galaxy Payroll Group (NASDAQ:GLXG)

Galaxy Payroll Group (NASDAQ:GLXG) and Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Galaxy Payroll Group and Professional Diversity Network”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Galaxy Payroll Group	$3.49 million	1.86	-$3.51 million	N/A	N/A
Professional Diversity Network	$6.73 million	1.19	-$2.51 million	($2.00)	-0.82

Professional Diversity Network has higher revenue and earnings than Galaxy Payroll Group.

Profitability

This table compares Galaxy Payroll Group and Professional Diversity Network’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galaxy Payroll Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Professional Diversity Network	-67.01%	-81.86%	-49.49%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Galaxy Payroll Group and Professional Diversity Network, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galaxy Payroll Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Professional Diversity Network	1	0	0	0	1.00

Volatility & Risk

Galaxy Payroll Group has a beta of -2.29, indicating that its stock price is 329% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Professional Diversity Network has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.8% of Professional Diversity Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Professional Diversity Network shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Professional Diversity Network beats Galaxy Payroll Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Galaxy Payroll Group

Galaxy Payroll Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides payroll outsourcing, employment, and consultancy and market research services. It has operations in Hong Kong, Macau, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

About Professional Diversity Network

Professional Diversity Network, Inc. operates online professional networking communities with career resources in the United States. It operates through three segments: Professional Diversity Network (PDN Network), National Association of Professional Women (NAPW Network), and RemoteMore USA (RemoteMore). The company offers online professional job seeking communities that offers recruitment services, such as single and multiple job postings, recruitment media, talent recruitment communities, corporate memberships, hiring campaign marketing and advertising, e-newsletter marketing, and research and outreach services to various cultural groups and employers. It also provides consumer advertising and consumer marketing solutions through advertising and job postings on its websites; and contracted software development services. In addition, the company operates a women-only professional networking organization; and offers companies with talented engineers to provide solutions to their software needs. Professional Diversity Network, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.