iMedia Brands (NASDAQ:IMBI – Get Rating) and Meiwu Technology (NYSE:WNW – Get Rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
iMedia Brands has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meiwu Technology has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares iMedia Brands and Meiwu Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| iMedia Brands | -8.16% | -84.43% | -9.14% |
| Meiwu Technology | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for iMedia Brands and Meiwu Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| iMedia Brands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Meiwu Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
iMedia Brands currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 1,391.65%. Given iMedia Brands’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iMedia Brands is more favorable than Meiwu Technology.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares iMedia Brands and Meiwu Technology’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| iMedia Brands | $551.13 million | 0.02 | -$22.01 million | ($1.92) | -0.22 |
| Meiwu Technology | $12.26 million | 0.54 | -$1.08 million | N/A | N/A |
Meiwu Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iMedia Brands.
Summary
iMedia Brands beats Meiwu Technology on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About iMedia Brands
iMedia Brands, Inc. operates as a interactive media company, which owns a growing portfolio of lifestyle television networks, consumer brands and media commerce services. It operates through the ShopHQ and Emerging segments. The ShopHQ segment consists of products sold on its digital commerce platforms, including jewelry and watches, home and consumer, electronics, beauty and wellness, and fashion and accessories. The Emerging segment consists of its developing business models, which include Media Commerce Services, ShopHQHealth, ShopBulldogTV, and J.W. Hulme and Float Left. The company was founded on June 25, 1990 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.
About Meiwu Technology
Meiwu Technology Company Limited operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through Clean Food Platform, Restaurant, and others segments. The company offers green food, organic food, intangible cultural heritage food, agricultural products, and pollution-free products. It also engages the provision of restaurant services; and wholesale of agricultural products. The company was formerly known as Wunong Net Technology Company Limited and changes its name to Meiwu Technology Company Limited in August 2021. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
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