Analyzing Tiga Acquisition (NYSE:TINV) and VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET)

VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) and Tiga Acquisition (NYSE:TINV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

VNET Group has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tiga Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares VNET Group and Tiga Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VNET Group	-28.54%	-5.68%	-1.27%
Tiga Acquisition	N/A	-36.88%	-2.91%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.8% of VNET Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Tiga Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of VNET Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Tiga Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares VNET Group and Tiga Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VNET Group	$7.91 billion	0.16	-$372.38 million	($2.22)	-2.23
Tiga Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$23.19 million	N/A	N/A

Tiga Acquisition has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VNET Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for VNET Group and Tiga Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VNET Group	0	0	5	1	3.17
Tiga Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

VNET Group currently has a consensus price target of $4.78, suggesting a potential downside of 3.43%. Given VNET Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe VNET Group is more favorable than Tiga Acquisition.

Summary

VNET Group beats Tiga Acquisition on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VNET Group

VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides server administration services, such as operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Tiga Acquisition

Tiga Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Singapore.