Gaia (GAIA) Competitors

Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) and Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is GAIA or RSVR more profitable?

Reservoir Media has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Gaia's net margin of -7.23%. Reservoir Media's return on equity of 2.20% beat Gaia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gaia	-7.23%	-6.90%	-4.59%
Reservoir Media	5.04%	2.20%	1.00%

Do analysts prefer GAIA or RSVR?

Gaia currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.32%. Reservoir Media has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.89%. Given Gaia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Gaia is more favorable than Reservoir Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gaia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Reservoir Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GAIA or RSVR?

40.5% of Gaia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of Reservoir Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Gaia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Reservoir Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GAIA or RSVR?

In the previous week, Gaia had 5 more articles in the media than Reservoir Media. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gaia and 8 mentions for Reservoir Media. Gaia's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Reservoir Media's score of 0.18 indicating that Gaia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gaia	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Reservoir Media	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GAIA or RSVR?

Reservoir Media has higher revenue and earnings than Gaia. Gaia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reservoir Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gaia	$92.89M	1.35	-$5.80M	-$0.21	-23.76
Reservoir Media	$158.71M	3.02	$640K	$0.11	66.64

Which has more volatility and risk, GAIA or RSVR?

Gaia has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAIA or RSVR?

Gaia received 370 more outperform votes than Reservoir Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote while only 69.23% of users gave Reservoir Media an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gaia	Outperform Votes 379 73.17%	Underperform Votes 139 26.83%
Reservoir Media	Outperform Votes 9 69.23%	Underperform Votes 4 30.77%

Summary

Gaia beats Reservoir Media on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.