Reviewing Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) & Vantiva (OTCMKTS:TCLRY)

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Vantiva (OTCMKTS:TCLRY) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Escalade and Vantiva, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0	0	1	1	3.50
Vantiva	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Escalade and Vantiva’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	9.46%	13.11%	10.07%
Vantiva	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. 33.1% of Escalade shares are held 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Escalade and Vantiva”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Escalade	$240.16 million	1.17	$13.70 million	$1.67	12.22
Vantiva	$3.43 billion	0.00	-$165.63 million	N/A	N/A

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vantiva.

Volatility & Risk

Escalade has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vantiva has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Escalade beats Vantiva on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Escalade

Escalade, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, imports, and sells sporting goods in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company provides various sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation, and fitness products. It offers archery products under the Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Whisker Biscuit, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK, BearX, and Bear Traditional brand names; table tennis products under the STIGA and Ping-Pong brands; basketball goals under the Goalrilla, Goaliath, Silverback, Hoopstar, and Goalsetter brand names; and pickleball under the Onix, DURA, and Pickleball Now brands. The company also provides play systems under the Woodplay, Jack & June, and Childlife brands; fitness products under the STEP, Lifeline, Kettleworx, Natural Fitness, USW, and PER4M brand names; safety products under the USWeight brand; hockey and soccer game tables under the Triumph Sports, Atomic, American Legend, Air Hockey, and HJ Scott brands; and billiard tables and accessories under the American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Gold Crown, Centennial, Cue&Case, Lucasi, Mizerak, PureX, Rage, Players, Minnesota Fats, and Mosconi brand names. In addition, it offers darting products under the Unicorn, Winmau, DMI, Prodigy, Arachnid, Accudart, and Nodor brands; water sports products under the RAVE Sports brand; and outdoor game products under the Victory Tailgate, Triumph Sports, ACL, and Zume Games brand names. The company provides its products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, online retailers, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, traditional department stores, and mass merchants. Escalade, Incorporated was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.

About Vantiva

Vantiva S.A. develops, creates, and delivers products and services for the media and entertainment sectors in France, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technicolor Creative Studios, DVD Services, and Connected Home. The Technicolor Creative Studios segment offers high-end services to content creators, including visual effects and animation for features films, episodic series, advertising, video games, and other audiovisual content. The DVD Services segment replicates, packages, and distributes video game and music CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs; and provides turnkey integrated supply-chain solutions comprising distribution, fulfillment, freight-brokerage, and transportation management services, as well as inventory management and related services. The Connected Home segment offers a portfolio of broadband and video customer premise equipment, including broadband modems and gateways, digital set-top boxes, and Internet of Things connected devices for Pay-TV operators and network service providers, as well as develops software solutions. The company was formerly known as Technicolor SA and changed its name to Vantiva S.A. in September 2022. Vantiva S.A. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Paris, France.