Head to Head Review: Tiga Acquisition (NYSE:TINV) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP)

Tiga Acquisition (NYSE:TINV) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Tiga Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Tiga Acquisition and Snap, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tiga Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
Snap	1	22	9	0	2.25

Snap has a consensus price target of $36.99, indicating a potential upside of 250.04%. Given Snap’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Snap is more favorable than Tiga Acquisition.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tiga Acquisition and Snap”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tiga Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$23.19 million	N/A	N/A
Snap	$5.17 billion	3.43	-$1.32 billion	($0.58)	-18.22

Tiga Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snap.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.5% of Tiga Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Tiga Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Tiga Acquisition and Snap’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tiga Acquisition	N/A	-36.88%	-2.91%
Snap	-18.49%	-35.60%	-10.42%

Summary

Snap beats Tiga Acquisition on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tiga Acquisition

Tiga Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Snap

Snap Inc. operates as a technology company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a visual messaging application with various tabs, such as camera, visual messaging, snap map, stories, and spotlight that enable people to communicate visually through short videos and images. It also provides Spectacles, an eyewear product that connects with Snapchat and captures photos and video from a human perspective; and advertising products, including AR ads and Snap ads comprises a single image or video ads, collection ads, dynamic ads, story ads, and commercials. The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.