LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP – Get Free Report) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares LiveRamp and Gen Digital”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LiveRamp | $832.10 million | 2.76 | $145.95 million | $2.44 | 15.48 |
| Gen Digital | $5.00 billion | 3.67 | $973.00 million | $1.72 | 17.82 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Gen Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
LiveRamp has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for LiveRamp and Gen Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LiveRamp | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Gen Digital | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2.38 |
LiveRamp presently has a consensus target price of $40.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.50%. Gen Digital has a consensus target price of $31.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Given LiveRamp’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Gen Digital.
Profitability
This table compares LiveRamp and Gen Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LiveRamp | 18.71% | 9.77% | 7.41% |
| Gen Digital | 20.73% | 55.93% | 8.91% |
Summary
Gen Digital beats LiveRamp on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LiveRamp
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Gen Digital
Gen Digital Inc. engages in the provision of cyber safety solutions for consumers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. The company offers security and performance products under Norton, Avast, Avira, AVG, and CCleaner brands that provide real-time protection and maintenance for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices against malware, viruses, adware, and other online threats. It also provides identity protection solutions, including LifeLock Identity Theft Protection, Avast and AVG Secure Identity, Norton Identity Theft Protection, and Dark Web Monitoring for monitoring of credit reports, financial accounts, the dark web, and social media accounts to help safeguard customers’ personal information. In addition, the company offers Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions under Norton, Avast and AVG brands to enhance security and online privacy that allows customers to securely transmit and access private information, such as passwords, bank details, and credit card numbers, when using public Wi-Fi on PCs, Macs, and mobile iOS and Android devices; AntiTrack and Secure Browser products which helps to keep personal information and browsing activity anonymous while browsing online; and Privacy Monitor Assistant and BreachGuard products for removing customers’ data from public data broker sites; and ReputationDefender, a white glove service that helps customers manage all aspects of their personal branding online, including search results, social media sites, and overall web presence. It markets and sells its products and related services through retailers, telecom service providers, hardware original equipment manufacturers, and employee benefit providers, as well as e-commerce platform. The company was formerly known as NortonLifeLock Inc. and changed its name to Gen Digital Inc. in November 2022. Gen Digital Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.
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