Head to Head Survey: Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK)

Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK) and Thryv (NASDAQ:THRY) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Risk & Volatility

Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thryv has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Argo Blockchain and Thryv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Argo Blockchain	N/A	N/A	N/A
Thryv	-2.27%	-7.36%	-2.36%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Argo Blockchain and Thryv, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Argo Blockchain	1	1	0	0	1.50
Thryv	1	4	2	0	2.14

Thryv has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 429.60%. Given Thryv’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Thryv is more favorable than Argo Blockchain.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Thryv shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Thryv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Argo Blockchain and Thryv”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Argo Blockchain	$15.52 million	1.95	$5.08 million	($117.39)	-0.02
Thryv	$785.02 million	0.09	$310,000.00	($0.37)	-4.34

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

About Argo Blockchain

Argo Blockchain plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies mining business worldwide. It engages in mining purpose-built computers for complex cryptographic algorithms. The company was formerly known as GoSun Blockchain Limited and changed its name to Argo Blockchain plc in December 2017. Argo Blockchain plc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Thryv

Thryv Holdings, Inc. provides digital marketing solutions and cloud-based tools to the small-to-medium sized businesses in the United States. It operates through four segments: Thryv U.S. Marketing Services, Thryv U.S. SaaS, Thryv International Marketing Services, and Thryv International SaaS. The company provides print yellow pages, internet yellow pages, and search engine marketing; and other digital media solutions, such as online display and social advertising, online presence and video, and search engine optimization tools. It also offers command center that enables SMBs to centralize all their communication through a modular, expandable, and customizable platform; and business center, a SMB end-to-end customer experience platform, which offers customer relationship management, appointment scheduling, estimate and invoice creation, payments, document management, social media content, and online review management. In addition, the company provides marketing center, a marketing and advertising platform for AutoID, enhanced online presence, omni-channel paid campaigns, and marketing tools; Thryv Add-ons provides AI-assisted website development, SEO tools, google business profile optimization, and Hub by Thryv; and ThryvPay, a payment solution that allows users to get paid via credit card and ACH. The company was formerly known as Dex Media Holdings, Inc. Thryv Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in DFW Airport, Texas.