GAN (GAN) Competitors

GAN (NASDAQ:GAN) and ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Does the media prefer GAN or ECX?

In the previous week, GAN had 5 more articles in the media than ECARX. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for GAN and 6 mentions for ECARX. ECARX's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat GAN's score of 0.34 indicating that ECARX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAN	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ECARX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAN or ECX?

GAN received 9 more outperform votes than ECARX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ECARX an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave GAN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAN	Outperform Votes 11 33.33%	Underperform Votes 22 66.67%
ECARX	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate GAN or ECX?

ECARX has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 137.04%. Given ECARX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ECARX is more favorable than GAN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAN	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ECARX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GAN or ECX?

16.7% of GAN shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of GAN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of ECARX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GAN or ECX?

GAN has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECARX has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAN or ECX more profitable?

GAN has a net margin of -9.84% compared to ECARX's net margin of -22.01%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAN	-9.84%	N/A	-15.85%
ECARX	-22.01%	N/A	-30.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GAN or ECX?

GAN has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ECARX. GAN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECARX, 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
GAN	$135.00M	0.61	-$34.44M	-$0.18	-9.99
ECARX	$5.56B	0.09	-$132.42M	-$0.39	-3.46

Summary

GAN beats ECARX on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.