Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C (NASDAQ:FWONK) & ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) Head-To-Head Analysis

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C (NASDAQ:FWONK) and ZW Data Action Technologies (NASDAQ:CNET) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZW Data Action Technologies has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C and ZW Data Action Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZW Data Action Technologies	-23.98%	-20.22%	-8.58%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C and ZW Data Action Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C	0	3	6	1	2.80
ZW Data Action Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C currently has a consensus price target of $115.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C is more favorable than ZW Data Action Technologies.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C and ZW Data Action Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C	$4.48 billion	4.56	$152.55 million	$0.68	134.04
ZW Data Action Technologies	$3.45 million	1.17	-$1.77 million	($0.25)	-4.40

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C has higher revenue and earnings than ZW Data Action Technologies. ZW Data Action Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.3% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of ZW Data Action Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C beats ZW Data Action Technologies on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series C

Formula One Group, through its subsidiary Formula 1, engages in the motorsports business in the United States and internationally. The company holds commercial rights for the FIA Formula One world championship, approximately a nine-month long motor race-based competition in which teams compete for the constructors' championship and drivers compete for the drivers' championship. It is also involved in the operation of the Formula 1 Paddock Club hospitality program; and provision of freight, logistical, and travel related services for the teams and other third parties, as well as the F2 and F3 race series. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Englewood, Colorado. Formula One Group operates as a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.

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.