Direct Selling Acquisition (DSAQ) Competitors

Direct Selling Acquisition (NYSE:DSAQ) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LAND) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DSAQ or LAND?

47.3% of Direct Selling Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.9% of Direct Selling Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Gladstone Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DSAQ or LAND?

In the previous week, Gladstone Land had 7 more articles in the media than Direct Selling Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gladstone Land and 0 mentions for Direct Selling Acquisition. Gladstone Land's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Direct Selling Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Gladstone Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Direct Selling Acquisition	Neutral
Gladstone Land	Positive

Do analysts rate DSAQ or LAND?

Gladstone Land has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.88%. Given Gladstone Land's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gladstone Land is more favorable than Direct Selling Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Direct Selling Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gladstone Land	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is DSAQ or LAND more profitable?

Gladstone Land has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Direct Selling Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Gladstone Land's return on equity of 2.14% beat Direct Selling Acquisition's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Direct Selling Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-6.27%
Gladstone Land	18.14%	2.14%	1.13%

Which has better valuation and earnings, DSAQ or LAND?

Gladstone Land has higher revenue and earnings than Direct Selling Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Direct Selling Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$270K	N/A	N/A
Gladstone Land	$85.22M	4.34	$13.29M	-$0.25	-40.88

Which has more risk & volatility, DSAQ or LAND?

Direct Selling Acquisition has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gladstone Land has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gladstone Land beats Direct Selling Acquisition on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.