Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR – Get Free Report) and OSR (NASDAQ:OSRH – Get Free Report) are both small-cap services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
Currenc Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSR has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Currenc Group and OSR, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Currenc Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| OSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Currenc Group and OSR”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Currenc Group | $46.44 million | 3.23 | -$39.47 million | ($0.88) | -2.24 |
| OSR | N/A | N/A | -$2.41 million | ($1.12) | -0.44 |
OSR has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Currenc Group. Currenc Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
56.0% of Currenc Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of OSR shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Currenc Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.6% of OSR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Currenc Group and OSR’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Currenc Group | -84.72% | N/A | -34.02% |
| OSR | N/A | -6.66% | -4.90% |
Summary
Currenc Group beats OSR on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Currenc Group
Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.
About OSR
OSR Holdings leverages its international network of partners in the US, Europe, and South Korea to market and license its pipeline of proprietary platform technologies for broad application to efficient clinical trial programs, with the ultimate goal of addressing unmet medical needs. We partner with biotherapeutics companies with innovative and proprietary drug R&D “platform technologies” versus “assets only” companies, whose commercial viability is heavily dependent on positive results for individual treatment modalities in extremely rigorous and time consuming clinical trials. We focus on value creation through investments and collaborations with US and EU biotech companies, with the strategic goal of expansion into South Korea (specifically) and Asia (generally). OSR Holdings is headquartered in Paju, South Korea.
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