GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) and Renren Inc. (NYSE:RENN) compete against each other in the Internet Software & Services sector. We will contrast them and contrast their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.66B | 5.05 | 77.10M | 0.42 | 173.82 |
| Renren Inc. | 436.66M | 0.25 | 173.71M | -1.71 | 0.00 |
Table 1 demonstrates GoDaddy Inc. and Renren Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 has GoDaddy Inc. and Renren Inc.’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.90% | 11.6% | 1.3% |
| Renren Inc. | -39.78% | 8.5% | 4.8% |
Volatility & Risk
A 0.66 beta indicates that GoDaddy Inc. is 34.00% less volatile compared to S&P 500. Competitively, Renren Inc. is 53.00% less volatile than S&P 500, because of the 0.47 beta.
Liquidity
GoDaddy Inc.’s Current Ratio is 0.8 while its Quick Ratio is 0.8. On the competitive side is, Renren Inc. which has a 1.5 Current Ratio and a 0.9 Quick Ratio. Renren Inc. is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to GoDaddy Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
The Recommendations and Ratings for GoDaddy Inc. and Renren Inc. are featured in the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.89 |
| Renren Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
GoDaddy Inc.’s upside potential is 16.91% at a $87.67 average target price.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Roughly 0% of GoDaddy Inc. shares are owned by institutional investors while 14.9% of Renren Inc. are owned by institutional investors. Insiders owned roughly 0.2% of GoDaddy Inc.’s shares. Competitively, 50.75% are Renren Inc.’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| GoDaddy Inc. | -2.19% | 7.39% | 11.5% | -8.72% | 24.16% | 12.31% |
| Renren Inc. | -0.65% | -10% | -5.56% | -14.53% | 84.46% | -0.65% |
For the past year GoDaddy Inc. had bullish trend while Renren Inc. had bearish trend.
Summary
On 10 of the 12 factors GoDaddy Inc. beats Renren Inc.
GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting and presence products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security. The company also offers Website builder, an online tool that enables customers to build Websites; online store product that allows customers to create their own standalone Website with an integrated online store optimized for mobile shopping; and search engine visibility product that helps customers get their Websites found on search sites through search engine optimization. In addition, the company offers business application products, including Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and telephony services. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Renren Inc. operates a social networking Internet platform in the PeopleÂ’s Republic of China. It operates through two segments, Renren and Internet Finance. The company operates Renren.com and Renren Mobile App that enable users to communicate and stay connected with friends, classmates, family members, and co-workers; and woxiu.com, a PC-based social video platform for users to stream their performances live to viewers. It also operates Renren Licai, a financing platform, as well as offers credit financing to used automobile dealers. The company was formerly known as Oak Pacific Interactive and changed its name to Renren Inc. in December 2010. Renren Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Beijing, the PeopleÂ’s Republic of China.
