Reviewing Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) & Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT)

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) and Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Tucows shares are held 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.

Volatility & Risk

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Tucows’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tucows	-26.01%	-490.14%	-11.58%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Tucows, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	N/A
Tucows	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and Tucows”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$21.36 million	0.06	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A
Tucows	$350.81 million	0.66	-$96.20 million	($9.51)	-2.21

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows.

Summary

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. beats Tucows on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

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.