Minim (NASDAQ:FIEE – Get Free Report) and Tuya (NYSE:TUYA – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
Minim has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tuya has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Minim and Tuya”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Minim | $8.32 million | 0.04 | -$17.63 million | ($5.30) | -0.73 |
| Tuya | $321.79 million | 3.00 | $57.89 million | $0.11 | 16.14 |
Tuya has higher revenue and earnings than Minim. Minim is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tuya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
56.6% of Minim shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of Tuya shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of Minim shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tuya shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Minim and Tuya’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Minim | -105.18% | -1,144.78% | -155.67% |
| Tuya | 20.16% | 6.74% | 5.96% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Minim and Tuya, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Minim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Tuya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Tuya has a consensus target price of $3.69, suggesting a potential upside of 107.89%. Given Tuya’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tuya is more favorable than Minim.
Summary
Tuya beats Minim on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Minim
Minim, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, delivers intelligent networking products that connects homes and offices in North America and internationally. It offers hardware products, including cable modems, cable modem/routers, gateways, mobile broadband modems, wireless routers, routers, multimedia over coax adapters, mesh home networking devices, mesh systems, and other local area network products. The company also provides Minim mobile applications for end users to personalize and monitor their home and office network for speed testing, data usage tracking, security alerts, malware blocking, privacy settings, and parental controls; and Minim web application that enables technical support representatives of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and businesses to offer remote support with network insights. In addition, it offers Minim API suite and MinimOS for third-party hardware vendors, ISPs, and other partners to integrate with the Minim platform and functionality; to manage its account data; and to integrate with third-party router firmware. The company offers its products under the ZOOM, Motorola, and Minim brands. It sells its products through retailers and e-commerce channels. The company was formerly known as ZoomTelephonics, Inc. and changed its name to Minim, Inc. in June 2021. Minim, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire.
About Tuya
Tuya Inc. offers purpose-built Internet of Things (IoT) cloud development platform in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company provides platform-as-a-service that enables business, original equipment manufacturers, brands, and developers to develop, launch, manage, and monetize software-enabled smart devices and services; and industry software-as-a-service, which enables businesses to deploy, connect, and manage various types of smart devices. It also offers cloud-based software value-added services that provides end users with smart features, such as cloud storage; and Cube Smart Private Cloud Solution which enables conglomerates to build their own autonomous and controllable IoT platforms; and could-based services to businesses, developers, and end users to develop and manage IoT experiences. In addition, the company provides smart solutions for IoT devices that integrates software capabilities; and enables developers to activate an IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners, and end users to engage and communicate through a range of smart devices, as well as sells finished smart devices. It offers its solutions to smart home, smart business, renewable energy, education, agriculture, outdoors and sport, and entertainment industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
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