Head-To-Head Analysis: SMC Entertainment (OTCMKTS:SMCE) versus Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX)

Volatility & Risk

Tucows has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMC Entertainment has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tucows and SMC Entertainment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tucows	$356.14 million	0.50	-$96.20 million	($8.29)	-1.95
SMC Entertainment	N/A	N/A	-$1.56 million	($0.01)	-0.18

SMC Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tucows. Tucows is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SMC Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tucows and SMC Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tucows	-25.48%	-490.14%	-11.58%
SMC Entertainment	N/A	-8.75%	-5,893.58%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Tucows shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.2% of SMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SMC Entertainment beats Tucows on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tucows

Tucows Inc. provides network access, domain name registration, email, mobile telephony, and other Internet services in North America and Europe. It operates in three segments: Ting, Wavelo and Tucows Domains. The Ting segment provides fiber and fixed wireless internet services. The Wavelo segment offers individual developer tools, subscription, billing management, network orchestration, and provisioning services. This segment also provides billing solutions under Platypus brand. The Tucows Domains segment offers name registration, as well as value added services under OpenSRS, eNom, Ascio, EPAG, and Hover brands. The company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About SMC Entertainment

SMC Entertainment, Inc. focuses on the acquisition and support of financial technology companies in the United States. The company develops and provides technology that combines artificial intelligence (AI) /machine learning (ML) driven Quantitative investing (IQ Engine) with AI-enabled wealth management tools; and offers IQ Engine, an AI driven contextual analyzer that creates a repository of various equity research. It markets a software-as-a-service (SaaS) proprietary platform for certified public accountants, financial institutions, and registered investment advisors. The company was formerly known as SMC Recordings, Inc. and changed its name to SMC Entertainment, Inc. in May 2011. SMC Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.