Financial Contrast: SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) vs. Millennium Prime (OTCMKTS:MLMN)

Millennium Prime (OTCMKTS:MLMN) and SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Millennium Prime and SPAR Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Millennium Prime	N/A	N/A	-$30,000.00	N/A	N/A
SPAR Group	$132.58 million	0.18	-$24.63 million	($1.03)	-0.82

Millennium Prime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SPAR Group.

Risk and Volatility

Millennium Prime has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPAR Group has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Millennium Prime and SPAR Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Millennium Prime	N/A	N/A	N/A
SPAR Group	-18.51%	-107.74%	-19.90%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Millennium Prime shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.5% of SPAR Group shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Millennium Prime and SPAR Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Millennium Prime	0	0	0	0	0.00
SPAR Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Summary

Millennium Prime beats SPAR Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Millennium Prime

Millennium Prime, Inc. develops, acquires, and markets lifestyle brands and products for the Millennial marketplace. It focuses on marketing products in the areas of beverage, apparel, and general merchandise. Millennium Prime, Inc. was formerly known as Genio Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Miami Beach, Florida.

About SPAR Group

SPAR Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides merchandising and brand marketing services in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The company offers merchandising and marketing services, such as resets and cut-ins; price and inventory audits; stock replenishment and rotation services; out of stock management; promotional event setup; and display management, as well as category management and set up services comprising category and product resets; planogram maintenance; display and shelf services; and point of purchase installation and management. It also provides remodel and retail transformation consisting of store remodels, store department resets, fixture and banner installations, pop-up store services, and store closings; and assembly and installation services, including assembly of merchandise in stores, in-store services, office setup/down-sizing services, and national in-home furniture assembly services. In addition, the company offers business analytics and insights services, such as product dashboards, stock out reporting, visit reporting, real-time service insights, and share of shelf analytics; and fulfillment and distribution services comprising distribution center staffing, point of purchase fulfillment services, kiosk prep, returns processing, picking and packing services, and inventory services. The company serves mass merchandisers; HBAs; pharmacies; and grocery, discount, dollar, convenience, cash and carry, home improvement, consumer electronics, automotive aftermarket, office supply, personal technology, beverage, household products, consumables, financial products, and independent stores. SPAR Group, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.