Contrasting Oblong (NYSE:OBLG) & Pintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT)

Pintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT) and Oblong (NYSE:OBLG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Pintec Technology and Oblong, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pintec Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Oblong	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Pintec Technology and Oblong’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pintec Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oblong	-126.57%	-71.06%	-57.90%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pintec Technology and Oblong’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pintec Technology	$52.72 million	0.17	-$11.12 million	N/A	N/A
Oblong	$3.81 million	0.85	-$4.38 million	N/A	N/A

Oblong has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pintec Technology.

Risk & Volatility

Pintec Technology has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oblong has a beta of 3.27, meaning that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.6% of Pintec Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Oblong shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Pintec Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Oblong shares are held 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.

Summary

Pintec Technology beats Oblong on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pintec Technology

Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates an online technology platform that enables financial services in the People's Republic of China. The company connects business partners and financial partners on its platform and enables them to provide financial services to end users. Its technology platform's financial services include assistance for borrowers to obtain loans from third party investors and various financial partners; a lending solution for borrowers who want to finance online purchases or who have personal or business installment loan requests; and a wealth management and insurance product distribution solution for asset management and insurance companies to facilitate the sales of products. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Oblong

Oblong, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides multi-stream collaboration technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Collaboration Products and Managed Services. Its flagship product is Mezzanine that enables visual collaboration across multi-users, multi-screens, multi-devices, and multi-locations for video telepresence, laptop and application sharing, and whiteboard sharing and slides applications. The company also provides managed videoconferencing services; and remote service management, which offers an overlay to enterprise information technology and channel partner support organizations, as well as support and management services for customer video environments. In addition, it provides network solutions, including Cloud Connect: Video that allows its customers to outsource the management of their video traffic to them and provides the customer's office locations with a secure, dedicated video network connection to the Oblong Cloud for video communications; Cloud Connect: Converge, which offers customized multiprotocol label switching solutions; and Cloud Connect: Cross Connect that allows the customer to leverage existing carrier for the extension of a Layer 2 private line to its data center. The company serves a range of industries comprising aerospace, consulting, executive search, broadcast media, legal, insurance, technology, financial services, education, healthcare, real estate, retail, construction, hospitality, and others, as well as government sector. Oblong, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado.