Comparison of Gridsum Holding Inc. (GSUM) and Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP)

Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) compete against each other in the Application Software sector. We will compare them and contrast their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gridsum Holding Inc.	N/A	0.00	N/A	-1.20	0.00
Stamps.com Inc.	549.17M	6.25	166.18M	9.55	18.10

Demonstrates Gridsum Holding Inc. and Stamps.com Inc. earnings per share (EPS), top-line revenue and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 represents Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP)’s return on equity, return on assets and net margins.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gridsum Holding Inc.	0.00%	-19.7%	-11.2%
Stamps.com Inc.	30.26%	28.8%	21.8%

Liquidity

Gridsum Holding Inc. has a Current Ratio of 2 and a Quick Ratio of 2. Competitively, Stamps.com Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.8 and has 1.8 Quick Ratio. Gridsum Holding Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Stamps.com Inc.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

Roughly 37.7% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares are held by institutional investors while 96.4% of Stamps.com Inc. are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% are Gridsum Holding Inc.’s share held by insiders. Competitively, Stamps.com Inc. has 3.7% of it’s share held by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Gridsum Holding Inc.	-9.6%	-27.31%	-32.75%	-38.34%	-55.84%	-57.81%
Stamps.com Inc.	0.79%	-1.54%	-28.25%	-35.27%	1.3%	-8.08%

For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc.’s stock price has bigger decline than Stamps.com Inc.

Summary

On 9 of the 10 factors Stamps.com Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc.

Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Stamps.com Inc. provides Internet-based mailing and shipping solutions in the United States. The company offers mailing and shipping solutions to mail and ship various mail pieces and packages through the United States Postal Service (USPS) under the Stamps.com and Endicia brands. Its solutions support various USPS mail classes, including First Class Mail, Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, Media Mail, Parcel Select, and others. The companyÂ’s USPS mailing and shipping solutions enable users to print electronic postage directly onto envelopes, plain paper, or labels using personal computer, printer, and Internet connection. It also provides multi carrier shipping solutions under the ShipStation, ShipWorks, and ShippingEasy brands; mailing and shipping integration solutions comprising electronic postage for transactions to partners who manage the front-end process; branded insurance to insure mails or packages; and international postage solutions. In addition, the company offers customized postage solutions under the PhotoStamps and PictureItPostage brand names, which allow consumers to turn digital photos, designs, or images into USPS-approved postage; and sells NetStamps labels, DYMO Stamp labels, shipping labels, other mailing labels, dedicated postage printers, scales, and other mailing and shipping-focused office supplies through its mailing and shipping supplies stores. It serves individuals, small businesses, home offices, medium-size businesses, large enterprises, e-commerce merchants, and warehouse shippers. The company was formerly known as StampMaster, Inc. and changed its name to Stamps.com Inc. in December 1998. Stamps.com Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.