Head-To-Head Comparison: VNUE (OTCMKTS:VNUE) and Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT)

Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT) and VNUE (OTCMKTS:VNUE) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alliance Entertainment and VNUE’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Entertainment	$1.11 billion	0.06	-$35.40 million	($0.05)	-27.18
VNUE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

VNUE has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alliance Entertainment.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Alliance Entertainment and VNUE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alliance Entertainment	0	0	0	0	N/A
VNUE	0	0	0	0	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of Alliance Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of Alliance Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Alliance Entertainment and VNUE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliance Entertainment	-0.23%	-3.08%	-0.67%
VNUE	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Alliance Entertainment

Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation operates as a wholesaler, distributor, and e-commerce provider for the entertainment industry worldwide. It offers vinyl records, video games, digital video discs, blu-rays, toys, compact discs, collectibles, and other entertainment and consumer products. The company also provides third party logistics products and services. It distributes its physical media, entertainment products, hardware, and accessories through multi-channel strategy. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Plantation, Florida.

About VNUE

VNUE, Inc. operates as a music technology company. It provides a suite of products and services that monetize music for artists, labels, radio stations, venues, restaurants, gyms, bars, and other businesses. The company also offers Set.fm/DiscLive Network, a digital live music distribution consumer app platform that allows users to download and purchase through their mobile devices; and provides physical collectible products that are recorded and sold at shows, as well as online through the company's partner DiscLive Network. In addition, it provides Soundstr, a music identification and rights management cloud platform that track and audit public performances of music; and offers collectible products, such as CDs, USB drives, and laminates. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.