Head-To-Head Contrast: Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) and Lottery.com (NASDAQ:LTRY)

Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) and Lottery.com (NASDAQ:LTRY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Smartsheet and Lottery.com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smartsheet	1	3	12	0	2.69
Lottery.com	0	0	0	0	N/A

Smartsheet currently has a consensus target price of $49.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.69%. Given Smartsheet’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smartsheet is more favorable than Lottery.com.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of Smartsheet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Lottery.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Smartsheet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Lottery.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Smartsheet and Lottery.com’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smartsheet	$958.34 million	5.50	-$104.63 million	($0.79)	-48.56
Lottery.com	$6.48 million	0.82	-$24.63 million	($9.03)	-0.21

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

Profitability

This table compares Smartsheet and Lottery.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smartsheet	-10.92%	-16.57%	-7.60%
Lottery.com	-379.75%	-43.81%	-29.08%

Risk and Volatility

Smartsheet has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lottery.com has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Smartsheet beats Lottery.com on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Smartsheet

Smartsheet, Inc. engages in managing and automating collaborative work. Its platform provides solutions that eliminate the obstacles to capturing information, including a familiar and intuitive spreadsheet interface as well as easily customizable forms. The company was founded by W. Eric Browne, Maria Colacurcio, John D. Creason and Brent R. Frei in June 2005 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

About Lottery.com

Lottery.com Inc., a digital publisher, provides lottery data results, jackpots, results, and other data. It delivers daily results of approximately 800 domestic and international lottery games from 40 countries, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to 400 digital publishers and media organizations. The company is headquartered in Spicewood, Texas.