GD Culture Group (GDC) Competitors

GD Culture Group (NASDAQ:GDC) and Adams Resources & Energy (NYSE:AE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts rate GDC or AE?

Adams Resources & Energy has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.05%. Given Adams Resources & Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adams Resources & Energy is more favorable than GD Culture Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GD Culture Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Adams Resources & Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer GDC or AE?

In the previous week, GD Culture Group had 4 more articles in the media than Adams Resources & Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GD Culture Group and 0 mentions for Adams Resources & Energy. GD Culture Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Adams Resources & Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that GD Culture Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GD Culture Group	Neutral
Adams Resources & Energy	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDC or AE?

Adams Resources & Energy received 33 more outperform votes than GD Culture Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GD Culture Group	N/A	N/A
Adams Resources & Energy	Outperform Votes 33 94.29%	Underperform Votes 2 5.71%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GDC or AE?

0.6% of GD Culture Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Adams Resources & Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of GD Culture Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Adams Resources & Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GDC or AE more profitable?

GD Culture Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Adams Resources & Energy's net margin of -0.29%. Adams Resources & Energy's return on equity of -8.14% beat GD Culture Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GD Culture Group	N/A	-291.93%	-227.59%
Adams Resources & Energy	-0.29%	-8.14%	-2.01%

Which has better valuation and earnings, GDC or AE?

Adams Resources & Energy has higher revenue and earnings than GD Culture Group. Adams Resources & Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GD Culture Group, 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
GD Culture Group	-$150K	-189.98	-$12.52M	-$1.03	-2.25
Adams Resources & Energy	$2.75B	0.04	$210K	-$3.16	-12.02

Which has more volatility and risk, GDC or AE?

GD Culture Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Resources & Energy has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Adams Resources & Energy beats GD Culture Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.