Analyzing Blackboxstocks (NASDAQ:BLBX) and Luokung Technology (NASDAQ:LKCO)

Luokung Technology (NASDAQ:LKCO) and Blackboxstocks (NASDAQ:BLBX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

14.6% of Luokung Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Blackboxstocks shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Luokung Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Blackboxstocks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Luokung Technology and Blackboxstocks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luokung Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blackboxstocks	-125.31%	-48.30%	-37.56%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Luokung Technology and Blackboxstocks’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luokung Technology	$93.59 million	0.10	-$52.54 million	N/A	N/A
Blackboxstocks	$3.11 million	2.96	-$4.66 million	($1.14)	-2.50

Blackboxstocks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Luokung Technology.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Luokung Technology and Blackboxstocks, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luokung Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Blackboxstocks	0	0	0	0	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Luokung Technology has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackboxstocks has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Luokung Technology beats Blackboxstocks on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Luokung Technology

Luokung Technology Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of location-based services and mobile application products for long distance rail travelers in the People's Republic of China. It offers Luokuang mobile application, which provides business to customer (B2C) location-based services; and SuperEngine that offers business to business (B2B) and business to government (B2G) services in connection with spatial-temporal big data processing. The company also provides Luokung software development kits and application-programming interfaces, which provide spatial-temporal big data analysis and customized map to software and mobile application developers; and spatial temporal indexing cloud service, a data-level virtualization technology. In addition, it offers information SuperEngine that includes the server engine, which enables to store, manage, and index the spatial temporal big data on the server side; and Web graphics image engine that supports transmission of graphics images, as well as display and edge computing for multi-terminal and cross-platform. Further, the company provides spatial temporal cloud platform, which offers cloud services, including data storage, data resource, and platform support services, as well as supports users to aggregate multi-source spatial data, map services, and Internet of Things streaming data; HD Map, an infrastructural component in smart transportation, autonomous driving, and smart cities; and autonomous driving enabling services. Luokung Technology Corp. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

About Blackboxstocks

Blackboxstocks Inc. develops and markets financial technology and social media hybrid platform. It offers Blackbox System, a subscription-based software as a service that provides real-time proprietary analytics and news for stock and options traders. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.