Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) and N-able (NYSE:NABL) Head-To-Head Analysis

Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) and N-able (NYSE:NABL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Hello Group and N-able’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hello Group	11.98%	11.41%	7.51%
N-able	8.08%	6.31%	3.90%

Volatility and Risk

Hello Group has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N-able has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.0% of Hello Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of N-able shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.4% of Hello Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of N-able shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hello Group and N-able”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hello Group	$10.56 billion	0.07	$275.72 million	$0.78	6.76
N-able	$466.15 million	2.72	$23.41 million	$0.17	39.44

Hello Group has higher revenue and earnings than N-able. Hello Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hello Group and N-able, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hello Group	2	2	2	0	2.00
N-able	0	2	3	0	2.60

Hello Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 56.55%. N-able has a consensus price target of $9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 39.82%. Given Hello Group’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hello Group is more favorable than N-able.

Summary

Hello Group beats N-able on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hello Group

Hello Group Inc. provides mobile-based social and entertainment services in the People's Republic of China. It operates in three segments: Momo, Tantan, and QOOL. The company offers Momo, a mobile application that connects people and facilitates social interactions based on location, interests, and various online recreational activities, including live talent shows, short videos, social games, as well as other video- and audio-based interactive experiences, such as online parties, mobile karaoke and user participated reality shows; Tantan, a social and dating application; and other applications under the Hertz, Soulchill, Duidui, and Tietie names. The company also provides livestream services for various content and activities comprising talent shows, such as singing, dancing, and talk shows, as well as casual chatting, and other forms of interactions between broadcasters and viewers; value-added services; advertising and marketing services; and mobile games. The company was formerly known as Momo Inc. and changed its name to Hello Group Inc. in August 2021. Hello Group Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About N-able

N-able, Inc. provides cloud-based software solutions for managed service providers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company's solutions enable MSPs to support digital transformation and growth within small and medium-sized enterprises. It provides software platform designed to be an integrated, enterprise-grade solution that serves as an operating system for its MSP partners and scales as their businesses grow. In addition, the company offers remote monitoring and management solutions provide MSP partners with visibility and insights into the availability and performance of their customers' networks, infrastructure, devices and applications through a centralized dashboard; data protection as-a-service solutions, such as backup and disaster recovery for servers, virtual machines, workstations, files, data, and key cloud-based applications, as well as multi-tenant platform and secure remote delivery architecture. Further, it offers security services through patch management, endpoint security, managed detection and response, web protection, e-mail security, and archiving and vulnerability assessment solutions. Additionally, the company engages in professional services automation, automation and scripting management, password management policies and reporting, and analytics. N-able, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.