Financial Comparison: SMC Entertainment (SMCE) versus Its Rivals

SMC Entertainment (OTCMKTS:SMCE) is one of 137 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare SMC Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for SMC Entertainment and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMC Entertainment	0	0	0	0	N/A
SMC Entertainment Competitors	764	4007	5412	118	2.47

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 15.88%. Given SMC Entertainment’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SMC Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SMC Entertainment and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMC Entertainment	N/A	-$1.56 million	-0.15
SMC Entertainment Competitors	$1.18 billion	$8.77 million	-6.62

SMC Entertainment’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than SMC Entertainment. SMC Entertainment is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 41.2% of SMC Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

SMC Entertainment has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMC Entertainment’s rivals have a beta of 1.14, indicating that their average stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares SMC Entertainment and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMC Entertainment	N/A	-8.75%	-235.79%
SMC Entertainment Competitors	-143.31%	-2,004.76%	-8.70%

Summary

SMC Entertainment rivals beat SMC Entertainment on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About SMC Entertainment

SMC Entertainment, Inc. focuses on the acquisition and support of financial technology companies in the United States. The company develops and provides technology that combines artificial intelligence (AI) /machine learning (ML) driven Quantitative investing (IQ Engine) with AI-enabled wealth management tools; and offers IQ Engine, an AI driven contextual analyzer that creates a repository of various equity research. It markets a software-as-a-service (SaaS) proprietary platform for certified public accountants, financial institutions, and registered investment advisors. The company was formerly known as SMC Recordings, Inc. and changed its name to SMC Entertainment, Inc. in May 2011. SMC Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.