The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN – Get Rating) and SoOum (OTCMKTS:SOUM – Get Rating) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and risk.
Risk and Volatility
The Arena Group has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoOum has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for The Arena Group and SoOum, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| The Arena Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| SoOum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares The Arena Group and SoOum's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| The Arena Group | $189.14 million | 0.91 | -$89.94 million | ($4.89) | -1.92 |
| SoOum | $630,000.00 | 0.01 | -$340,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
SoOum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Arena Group.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
50.4% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 71.4% of SoOum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares The Arena Group and SoOum's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| The Arena Group | -31.62% | N/A | -36.90% |
| SoOum | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About The Arena Group
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The Arena Group Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates digital media platform the United States and internationally. The company offers the Platform, a proprietary online publishing platform comprising publishing tools, video platforms, social distribution channels, newsletter technology, machine learning content recommendations, notifications, and other technology. The company was formerly known as TheMaven, Inc. and changed its name to The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. in February 2022. The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in New York, New York.
About SoOum
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SoOum, Corp. operates as a commodity trading arbitrage firm in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Arbitrage and Construction Services. It performs arbitrage on a defined supply and demand conditions creating price discrepancies of physical commodities in opposing markets. The company trades in soft commodities, such as rice, wheat, sugar, soybeans, meats, live cattle, seafood, live seafood, and other soft commodities; and hard commodities, including iron ore, crude oil, coal, salt, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, palladium and platinum, cement, fly ash, precious metals, and other such hard commodities. It also develops applications for mobile and TV smart devices. The company was formerly known as Swordfish Financial, Inc. and changed its name to SoOum, Corp. in October 2015. SoOum, Corp.is based in New York, New York.
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