Gaia (GAIA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer NIPG or GAIA?

NIP Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.78%. Gaia has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.66%. Given NIP Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NIP Group is more favorable than Gaia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIP Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gaia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NIPG or GAIA?

40.5% of Gaia shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of Gaia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor NIPG or GAIA?

In the previous week, Gaia had 2 more articles in the media than NIP Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gaia and 8 mentions for NIP Group. Gaia's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat NIP Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Gaia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NIP Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gaia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NIPG or GAIA more profitable?

NIP Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gaia's net margin of -7.23%. NIP Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Gaia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gaia	-7.23%	-6.90%	-4.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NIPG or GAIA?

Gaia received 366 more outperform votes than NIP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NIP Group an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NIP Group	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Gaia	Outperform Votes 367 72.67%	Underperform Votes 138 27.33%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NIPG or GAIA?

NIP Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gaia.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gaia	$80.42M	1.71	-$5.80M	-$0.27	-21.67

Summary

Gaia beats NIP Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.