Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) Critical Comparison

Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Rimini Street and Match Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rimini Street	10.10%	-32.42%	4.20%
Match Group	15.59%	-398.05%	13.52%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Rimini Street and Match Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rimini Street	$425.96 million	0.84	-$36.27 million	$0.46	8.48
Match Group	$3.47 billion	2.28	$551.28 million	$2.14	15.36

Match Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rimini Street. Rimini Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Match Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Rimini Street and Match Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rimini Street	1	2	3	0	2.33
Match Group	0	16	5	0	2.24

Rimini Street presently has a consensus price target of $5.83, suggesting a potential upside of 49.57%. Match Group has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.00%. Given Rimini Street’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rimini Street is more favorable than Match Group.

Risk and Volatility

Rimini Street has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Match Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.8% of Rimini Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Match Group shares are held by institutional investors. 41.2% of Rimini Street shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Match Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Match Group beats Rimini Street on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rimini Street

Rimini Street, Inc. provides enterprise software products, services, and support. The company engages in the provision of support services for Oracle and SAP enterprise software products. It also provides Rimini ONE, an outsourcing option that offers a set of unified and integrated services to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize its clients’ application, database, and technology enterprise software; Rimini Support, a mission-critical support for Oracle, SAP, proprietary and open-source database, and technology software; Rimini Manage, a suite of managed services for application and database software; Rimini Protect, a suite of personalized software security services and solutions; and Rimini Connect, a suite of managed interoperability solutions for browsers, operating systems, and email systems. In addition, the company offers Rimini Watch, a suite of observability solutions that include monitoring and system health check solutions; Rimini Consult, a suite of professional services for clients’ enterprise software customization, configuration, implementation, integration, interoperability, migration, staff augmentation, and other project needs; and Rimini Custom, a program that expands support and related services to a broader portfolio of enterprise software. The company serves Fortune 500 companies and Fortune Global 100 companies across various industries. It sells its solutions primarily through direct sales organizations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Match Group

Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.