Both Net Element Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE) and GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) compete on a level playing field in the Internet Software & Services industry. We will evaluate their performance with regards to profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Net Element Inc. | 65.15M | 0.35 | 7.51M | -2.48 | 0.00 |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.66B | 5.00 | 77.10M | 0.42 | 173.82 |
Table 1 demonstrates Net Element Inc. and GoDaddy Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 provides Net Element Inc. and GoDaddy Inc.’s return on equity, return on assets and net margins.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Net Element Inc. | -11.53% | -65.4% | -26.5% |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.90% | 11.6% | 1.3% |
Volatility & Risk
A 0.98 beta indicates that Net Element Inc. is 2.00% less volatile compared to Standard and Poor’s 500. GoDaddy Inc. has a 0.66 beta and it is 34.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500.
Liquidity
Net Element Inc.’s Current Ratio is 0.9 while its Quick Ratio is 0.9. On the competitive side is, GoDaddy Inc. which has a 0.8 Current Ratio and a 0.8 Quick Ratio. Net Element Inc. is better positioned to pay off short and long-term obligations compared to GoDaddy Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The following table given below contains the ratings and recommendations for Net Element Inc. and GoDaddy Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Net Element Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.80 |
On the other hand, GoDaddy Inc.’s potential upside is 17.68% and its average price target is $87.4.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
The shares of both Net Element Inc. and GoDaddy Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 17.8% and 0% respectively. About 5.6% of Net Element Inc.’s share are owned by insiders. On the other hand, insiders owned about 0.2% of GoDaddy Inc.’s shares.
Performance
In this table we provide 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) | |
| Net Element Inc. | -0.49% | 1.33% | -5.59% | -1.94% | 11.36% | 6.29% |
| GoDaddy Inc. | -2.19% | 7.39% | 11.5% | -8.72% | 24.16% | 12.31% |
For the past year Net Element Inc.’s stock price has smaller growth than GoDaddy Inc.
Summary
On 11 of the 12 factors GoDaddy Inc. beats Net Element Inc.
Net Element, Inc. operates as a financial technology and value-added solutions company worldwide. It operates in three segments: North America Transaction Solutions, Mobile Solutions, and Online Solutions. The North America Transaction Solutions segment provides technology and services that businesses require to accept cashless transaction for retail card-present, e-commerce, or card-not-present mail order/telephone order transactions; and Aptito, a cloud-based point of sale (POS) platform, which includes hospitality, mobile POS, and small to medium sized business retail POS applications, as well as offers mobile payment and merchant back office reporting services, and merchant performance analytical tools. The Mobile Solutions segment provides an integrated mobile billing and mobile commerce solution for digital merchants, such as social networks, game developers, online magazines, mobile applications, and digital media operators to monetize their content in a mobile environment. It also offers various mobile payment solutions for Web services and mobile applications. This segment enables mobile users to pay for purchases through mobile devices, interactive devices, or Web without a credit card or a bank account. The Online Solutions segment operates PayOnline, a software-as-a-service suite of solutions for electronic and mobile commerce gateway and payment processing platform that facilitate payment acceptance and processing through point-to-point encryption and tokenization solutions. It operates in North America, the Russian Federation, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The company was formerly known as Net Element International, Inc. and changed its name to Net Element, Inc. in December 2013. Net Element, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in North Miami Beach, Florida.
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.
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