Critical Contrast: Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM) and Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI)

Banzai International (NASDAQ:BNZI) and Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Banzai International and Adaptive Medias, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banzai International	1	0	1	0	2.00
Adaptive Medias	0	0	0	0	0.00

Banzai International presently has a consensus price target of $260.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8,424.59%. Given Banzai International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Banzai International is more favorable than Adaptive Medias.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.8% of Banzai International shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Banzai International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Banzai International and Adaptive Medias’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banzai International	-307.55%	N/A	-77.59%
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Banzai International and Adaptive Medias”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banzai International	$4.53 million	2.33	-$31.51 million	N/A	N/A
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Adaptive Medias has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Banzai International.

Summary

Banzai International beats Adaptive Medias on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Banzai International

Banzai International, Inc., a marketing technology company, provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions for various businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its products include Demio, a browser-based webinar platform with data and marketing features designed to help businesses engage with their audience through live events and on-demand, interactive video content; Boost, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for social sharing by event registrants; and Reach, a SaaS and managed service to increase registration and attendance of marketing events. The company serves healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, technology, media, and other industries. Banzai International, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

About Adaptive Medias

Adaptive Medias, Inc. offers programmatic audience and content monetization. It provides these unique capabilities to monetize content efficiently across multiple marketing channels, including mobile, video and online display advertising. The company was founded by Omar Akram, Sal Aziz, and Qayed Murtaza Shareef on August 7, 2007 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.