Taoping (TAOP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, 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%

Which has better earnings and 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	0.10	-$700K	N/A	N/A
Datasea	$47.28M	0.34	-$11.38M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to 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. Datasea's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Taoping's score of 0.86 indicating that Datasea is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Taoping	Positive
Datasea	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

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