Financial Comparison: DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) vs. Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP)

DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) and Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.6% of Sound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of DoubleVerify shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Sound Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

DoubleVerify has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Group has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for DoubleVerify and Sound Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoubleVerify	1	5	14	0	2.65
Sound Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

DoubleVerify currently has a consensus price target of $31.18, suggesting a potential upside of 81.15%. Given DoubleVerify’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Sound Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DoubleVerify and Sound Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DoubleVerify	$612.88 million	4.82	$71.47 million	$0.38	45.29
Sound Group	$2.24 billion	0.00	$12.54 million	$0.99	1.58

DoubleVerify has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sound Group. Sound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares DoubleVerify and Sound Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoubleVerify	9.97%	5.70%	4.93%
Sound Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

DoubleVerify beats Sound Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DoubleVerify

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. provides a software platform for digital media measurement, and data analytics in the United States and internationally. The company provides solutions to advertisers that enable advertisers to increase the effectiveness and quality and return on their digital advertising investments. It offers DV Authentic Ad, a metric of digital media quality, which evaluates the existence of fraud-free, brand-suitable, viewability, and geography for each digital ad; DV Authentic Attention that provides actionable, and comprehensive data to drive campaign performance; and Custom Contextual solution, which allows advertisers to match their ads to relevant content to maximize user engagement and drive campaign performance. In addition, the company provides DV Publisher suite, a solution for digital publishers to manage revenue and increase inventory yield by improving video delivery, identifying lost or unfilled sales, and aggregate data across all inventory sources; and DV Pinnacle, a service and analytics platform user interface that allows its customers to adjust and deploy controls for their media plan and track campaign performance metrics across channels, formats, and devices. Further, it offers software solutions are integrated in the digital advertising ecosystem, including programmatic platforms, social media channels, and digital publishers. It serves brands, publishers, and other supply-side customers covering various industry verticals, including consumer packaged goods, financial services, telecommunications, technology, automotive, and healthcare. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Sound Group

Sound Group Inc. operates as an audio-centric social and entertainment company. It focuses on building audio platform to connect and communicate. The company, through its product portfolio and in-house technologies, caters to user interest in audio entertainment and social networking. The company was formerly known as LIZHI INC. and changed its name to Sound Group Inc. in January 2024. Sound Group Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Singapore.