ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) & Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY) Financial Survey

ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) and Lendway (NASDAQ:LDWY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Lendway shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Lendway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for ZW Data Action Technologies and Lendway, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZW Data Action Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lendway	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk & Volatility

ZW Data Action Technologies has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lendway has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Lendway”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZW Data Action Technologies	$7.69 million	0.89	-$3.76 million	($1.76)	-1.20
Lendway	$48.58 million	0.15	-$5.74 million	($1.47)	-2.81

ZW Data Action Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lendway. Lendway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZW Data Action Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares ZW Data Action Technologies and Lendway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZW Data Action Technologies	-50.16%	-100.39%	-39.07%
Lendway	-5.30%	-20.31%	-2.66%

Summary

Lendway beats ZW Data Action Technologies on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZW Data Action Technologies

ZW Data Action Technologies Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers omni-channel advertising, precision marketing, and data analysis management systems in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Internet advertising, precision marketing, and related data services to small and medium enterprises through its Internet portals, including 28.com and liansuo.com that provide advertisers with tools to build sales channels in the form of franchisees, sales agents, distributors, and/or resellers. It also develops and operates blockchain technology-based products and services, as well as blockchain-based SaaS services that provides one-stop blockchain-powered enterprise management solutions in forms of NFT generations, data record, share, and storage module subscriptions, etc. In addition, the company offers other e-commerce O2O advertising, and marketing and related value-added technical services. Additionally, it offers online-content production, distribution, promotion, and live streamer training and management services. The company was formerly known as ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. in October 2020. Data Action Technologies Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About Lendway

Lendway, Inc. operates as a specialty agricultural and finance company focusing on making and managing its agricultural investments in the United States and internationally. It owns and operates FarmlandCredit.com, a non-bank lending business that seeks to purchase existing loans and/or originate and fund new loans domestically. The company was formerly known as Insignia Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Lendway, Inc. in August 2023. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.