Comparing Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO) & Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX)

Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO) and Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Pazoo and Tucows, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pazoo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tucows	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given Pazoo’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pazoo is more favorable than Tucows.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pazoo and Tucows”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tucows	$384.73 million	0.60	-$109.86 million	($8.97)	-2.31

Pazoo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tucows.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Pazoo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Tucows shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pazoo and Tucows’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tucows	-25.99%	N/A	-9.05%

Volatility & Risk

Pazoo has a beta of -0.48, meaning that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tucows beats Pazoo on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pazoo

Pazoo, Inc. operates as a health and wellness company. It offers laboratory testing services for marijuana. Pazoo, Inc.was formerly known as IUCSS, Inc. and changed its name to Pazoo, Inc. in May 2011. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

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.