Head-To-Head Analysis: Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) & TuanChe (NASDAQ:TC)

Rimini Street (NASDAQ:RMNI) and TuanChe (NASDAQ:TC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Rimini Street and TuanChe, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rimini Street	0	0	2	0	3.00
TuanChe	0	0	0	0	0.00

Rimini Street presently has a consensus price target of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 48.73%. Given Rimini Street’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rimini Street is more favorable than TuanChe.

Profitability

This table compares Rimini Street and TuanChe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rimini Street	-7.87%	-83.26%	10.79%
TuanChe	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rimini Street and TuanChe”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rimini Street	$428.75 million	0.75	$26.06 million	($0.40)	-8.83
TuanChe	$102.52 million	0.02	-$11.69 million	N/A	N/A

Rimini Street has higher revenue and earnings than TuanChe.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.8% of Rimini Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of TuanChe shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Rimini Street shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TuanChe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Rimini Street has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TuanChe has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rimini Street beats TuanChe on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About TuanChe

TuanChe Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an omni-channel automotive marketplace in China and internationally. It organizes auto shows and special promotion events; and provides integrated marketing solutions to industry customers, which include automakers, franchised dealerships, secondary dealers, and automotive service providers, as well as enable interactions between participants on both sides of a potential transaction. The company also offers business and technical support, and consulting services; online marketing services through various online platforms, including tuanche.com website, WeChat account, WeChat mini-program, mobile applications, and Cheshangtong, a SaaS product; and referral services for commercial bank to enhance its auto loan business. The company has a strategic partnership with Alibaba Group's Tmall; and Beijing Easyhome Furnishing Chain Group Co., Ltd. TuanChe Limited was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.