Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA – Get Free Report) and Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
3.1% of Society Pass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Rimini Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Society Pass shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Society Pass and Rimini Street’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Society Pass | -171.10% | -431.98% | -79.26% |
| Rimini Street | -7.87% | -83.26% | 10.79% |
Risk & Volatility
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Society Pass and Rimini Street”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Society Pass | $8.17 million | 0.44 | -$18.13 million | ($5.12) | -0.19 |
| Rimini Street | $431.50 million | 0.43 | $26.06 million | ($0.37) | -5.54 |
Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than Society Pass. Rimini Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Society Pass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Society Pass and Rimini Street, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Society Pass | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Rimini Street | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Society Pass presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,819.39%. Rimini Street has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 119.51%. Given Society Pass’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Society Pass is more favorable than Rimini Street.
Summary
Rimini Street beats Society Pass on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Society Pass
Society Pass Incorporated acquires and operates fintech and e-commerce platforms and mobile applications for consumers and merchants in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It operates through Online Grocery and Food and Groceries Deliveries, Digital marketing, Online ticketing and reservation, Telecommunications Reseller, e-Commerce, and Merchant Point of Sale segments. The company operates Leflair, an online lifestyle platform that offers services and products, such as fashion and accessories, beauty and personal care, and home and lifestyle; an online food delivery service under the Handycart brand name; and an online grocery delivery service under the Pushkart brand name. It also sells hardware and software to merchant; local mobile phone and global internet data plans; and domestic and overseas air ticket, and global hotel reservations, as well as offers digital marketing services. The company was formerly known as Food Society, Inc. and changed its name to Society Pass Incorporated in October 2018. Society Pass Incorporated was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.
About Rimini Street
Rimini Street, Inc. provides enterprise software products, services, and support. The company engages in the provision of support services for Oracle and SAP enterprise software products. It also provides Rimini ONE, an outsourcing option that offers a set of unified and integrated services to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize its clients’ application, database, and technology enterprise software; Rimini Support, a mission-critical support for Oracle, SAP, proprietary and open-source database, and technology software; Rimini Manage, a suite of managed services for application and database software; Rimini Protect, a suite of personalized software security services and solutions; and Rimini Connect, a suite of managed interoperability solutions for browsers, operating systems, and email systems. In addition, the company offers Rimini Watch, a suite of observability solutions that include monitoring and system health check solutions; Rimini Consult, a suite of professional services for clients’ enterprise software customization, configuration, implementation, integration, interoperability, migration, staff augmentation, and other project needs; and Rimini Custom, a program that expands support and related services to a broader portfolio of enterprise software. The company serves Fortune 500 companies and Fortune Global 100 companies across various industries. It sells its solutions primarily through direct sales organizations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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