Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG – Get Rating) and Destiny Media Technologies (OTCMKTS:DSNY – Get Rating) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Great Elm Group and Destiny Media Technologies' gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Get Great Elm Group alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Great Elm Group | $67.97 million | 0.99 | -$14.89 million | ($0.85) | -2.65 |
| Destiny Media Technologies | $4.02 million | 1.66 | $150,000.00 | $0.02 | 32.97 |
Destiny Media Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Great Elm Group. Great Elm Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destiny Media Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Great Elm Group and Destiny Media Technologies' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Great Elm Group | -32.83% | -55.01% | -14.68% |
| Destiny Media Technologies | 6.16% | 7.76% | 6.77% |
Volatility & Risk
Great Elm Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destiny Media Technologies has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
77.7% of Great Elm Group shares are held by institutional investors. 47.3% of Great Elm Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Destiny Media Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Great Elm Group and Destiny Media Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Great Elm Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Destiny Media Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Summary
Destiny Media Technologies beats Great Elm Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Great Elm Group
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Great Elm Group, Inc. operates as a holding company. It engages in the provision of investment management and real estate management services. It operates through Durable Medical Equipment and Investment Management segments. The Durable Medical Equipment segment includes selling, replacement parts, and supplies to customers. The Investment Management segment consists of management fees and property management fees. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.
About Destiny Media Technologies
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Destiny Media Technologies Inc. develops technologies that enable the distribution of digital media files in a streaming or digital download format over the Internet. It offers Play MPE that distributes promotional content, including broadcast quality audio, video, images, promotional information, and other digital content from music labels and artists to broadcasting professionals, music curators, and music reviewers to discover, download, broadcast and review the content; and Play MPE Player for music curators to review and download content through web-based player or mobile player apps. The company also provides Clipstream, an online video platform for encoding, hosting, and reporting on video playback that can be embedded in third party websites or emails; and playback through its JavaScript codec engine. It markets and sells its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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