Taoping (TAOP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAOP or DTSS?

Datasea received 9 more outperform votes than Taoping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.88% of users gave Datasea an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Taoping an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taoping	Outperform Votes 29 54.72%	Underperform Votes 24 45.28%
Datasea	Outperform Votes 38 55.88%	Underperform Votes 30 44.12%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TAOP or DTSS?

4.0% of Taoping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Datasea shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of Taoping shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.7% of Datasea shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TAOP or DTSS?

Taoping has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datasea has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAOP or DTSS more profitable?

Taoping has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Datasea's net margin of -26.69%. Taoping's return on equity of 0.00% beat Datasea's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taoping	N/A	N/A	N/A
Datasea	-26.69%	-618.32%	-245.91%

Does the media prefer TAOP or DTSS?

In the previous week, Taoping had 2 more articles in the media than Datasea. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Taoping and 2 mentions for Datasea. Taoping's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Datasea's score of 0.43 indicating that Taoping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Taoping	Neutral
Datasea	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TAOP or DTSS?

Taoping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Datasea.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taoping	$42.64M	0.09	-$700K	N/A	N/A
Datasea	$47.28M	0.36	-$11.38M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Taoping beats Datasea on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.