Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN – Get Free Report) and Taboola.com (NASDAQ:TBLA – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Grid Dynamics and Taboola.com”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Grid Dynamics | $405.96 million | 1.73 | $4.04 million | $0.15 | 55.13 |
| Taboola.com | $1.77 billion | 0.65 | -$3.76 million | $0.08 | 50.00 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Grid Dynamics and Taboola.com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Grid Dynamics | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Taboola.com | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
Grid Dynamics currently has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.04%. Taboola.com has a consensus target price of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Grid Dynamics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than Taboola.com.
Profitability
This table compares Grid Dynamics and Taboola.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Grid Dynamics | 3.42% | 1.74% | 1.52% |
| Taboola.com | 1.34% | 8.12% | 4.92% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Taboola.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Taboola.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Grid Dynamics has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taboola.com has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Grid Dynamics beats Taboola.com on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Grid Dynamics
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides technology consulting, platform and product engineering, and analytics services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It offers cloud platform and product engineering services, such as architecting, designing, and building scalable and secure cloud-based platforms and business applications; and AI/machine learning and data platform engineering services that build platforms to facilitate batch and streaming data ingestion, quality governance, orchestration, semantic modeling, observability, and analysis at scale. The company provides digital engagement services, including digital ecosystem design and implementation; and supply chain, Internet of Thing, and advanced manufacturing, which focuses on transforming traditional operations into smart and connected ecosystems. It serves customers that operate in the tech, media, telecommunications, retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and finance industries. The company was formerly known as ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
About Taboola.com
Taboola.com Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an artificial intelligence-based algorithmic engine platform in Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It offers Taboola, a platform that partners with websites, devices, and mobile apps to recommend editorial content and advertisements on the open web to users. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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