Financial Review: Delic (OTCMKTS:DELCF) versus Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH)

Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) and Delic (OTCMKTS:DELCF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Match Group and Delic, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Match Group	0	9	6	1	2.50
Delic	0	0	0	0	0.00

Match Group currently has a consensus target price of $41.54, indicating a potential upside of 6.65%. Given Match Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Match Group is more favorable than Delic.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Match Group	$3.49 billion	2.56	$613.45 million	$2.83	13.76
Delic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Match Group has higher revenue and earnings than Delic.

Profitability

This table compares Match Group and Delic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Match Group	20.17%	-324.82%	17.36%
Delic	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Match Group beats Delic on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Match Group

Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About Delic

Delic Holdings Corp. provides various medicines and treatments in the United States and Canada. It operates The Delic, a creative platform that creates and hosts public discourse about psychedelic culture; Meet Delic, which organizes event to promote topics, such as safety and harm reduction, Hollywood, mental health and psychedelics, the power of integration, human performance, medicine, and other topics; Reality Sandwich, a public online education platform with approximately 10,000 pieces of content, including psychedelic guides, news, and culture; and Delic Radio, a podcast that discusses topics related to the psychedelic space with experts comprising discussions relating to news, science, culture, medicine, current affairs, and policy. The company also focuses on developing intellectual property through research and development for cannabis and psychedelics. In addition, it owns and operates two ketamine infusion treatment clinics; and thirteen ketamine infusion treatment clinics. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.