Contrasting Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) and Edgio (NASDAQ:EGIO)

Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) and Edgio (NASDAQ:EGIO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

23.2% of Edgio shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of Live Current Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Edgio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Live Current Media and Edgio’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Live Current Media	N/A	N/A	N/A
Edgio	-35.10%	-45.85%	-18.07%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Live Current Media and Edgio’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Live Current Media	$490,000.00	0.00	-$15.73 million	N/A	N/A
Edgio	$338.60 million	0.19	-$136.52 million	($25.60)	-0.43

Live Current Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Edgio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Live Current Media and Edgio, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Live Current Media	0	0	0	0	N/A
Edgio	0	2	1	0	2.33

Edgio has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 205.25%.

Risk & Volatility

Live Current Media has a beta of -1.24, indicating that its stock price is 224% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgio has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Live Current Media beats Edgio on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Live Current Media

Live Current Media, Inc. acquires and integrates technologies that automate processes in content and community creation. It brings businesses and technologies together to provide an end-to-end resource for the creators who do not have a meaningful piece of the creator economy. The company's platform features a set of creative tools and community building technologies that power video community creation, AR/VR discovery, social media amplification, personal and business brand management and sponsorship, and alternative revenue creation for the global creative community. It also provides community and experiential solutions for businesses to become more creative in the way they reach their customers and constituents. Its Exosystem helps creators to manage the independent creativity. Live Current Media, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.

About Edgio

Edgio, Inc. provides edge-enabled software solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates private global networks with distributed computing resources and extensive connectivity to last-mile broadband network providers; offers live and on-demand video delivery services; and provides platform, media, and application solutions. It also offers cloud security, edge compute, origin storage, and support services. In addition, the company provides content delivery, video content management, and streaming services, performance services for website and web application and security; professional services, cloud storage, and edge computing services. The company was formerly known as Limelight Networks, Inc. and changed its name to Edgio, Inc. in June 2022. Edgio, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.