PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) and NAVER (OTCMKTS:NHNCF) Head to Head Comparison

PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) and NAVER (OTCMKTS:NHNCF) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.4% of PropertyGuru Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of PropertyGuru Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for PropertyGuru Group and NAVER, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PropertyGuru Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
NAVER	0	0	0	0	N/A

PropertyGuru Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.67%. Given PropertyGuru Group’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PropertyGuru Group is more favorable than NAVER.

Profitability

This table compares PropertyGuru Group and NAVER’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PropertyGuru Group	-10.21%	-1.76%	-1.50%
NAVER	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PropertyGuru Group and NAVER’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PropertyGuru Group	$111.81 million	5.46	-$11.37 million	($0.07)	-53.56
NAVER	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14,217.46	0.01

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

About PropertyGuru Group

PropertyGuru Group Limited operates digital property classifieds marketplaces that connects homeowners and tenants with verified home service providers in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. The company offers digital and marketing services for developers. It also offers data and sales process automation products. In addition, the company provides a range of data products and services for agents/agencies, property developers and valuers, and financial institution customers. It serves agents and developers to advertise residential and commercial properties for sale or rent to property seekers. PropertyGuru Group Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Singapore.

About NAVER

NAVER Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides internet and online search portal, and mobile messenger platform services in South Korea, Japan, and internationally. The company offers NAVER, a search portal that offers various content topic boards; LINE, a messaging application; Naver Clova, an integrated AI platform; Papago, an automated interpretation application; WHALE, a web browser; Naver Map, a navigation application; Webtoon, a promotion system for mobile comics; SERIES, a paid content platform; BAND, a mobile community platform; NOW, an audio shows to listen to on NAVER app; SNOW, a photo and video messenger; and NAVER WORKS, which provides features necessary for work, such as Message, Mail, Calendar, and Drive. It also provides IT platforms, BIZ platforms, advertising services, and NAVER business school for businesses; NAVER Webtoon, NAVER Webnovel, NAVER Blog Official Blog, NAVER AudioClip, Series, Premium Contents, Grafolio, NAVER Post, NAVER TV, NAVER Influencer Center, Creator Advisor, and VIBE for creators; and NAVER D2 Startup Factory, DEVIEW, NAVER D2, NAVER Open Source, CLOVA Platform API, NAVER Maps API, Papago API, and NAVER login for developers. In addition, the company is involved in the manufacture of cosmetics; electronic financial business; film and audio content production and distribution; investment business; and character and doll wholesale and retail activities. Further, it engages in the provision of cloud service management, business support, workforce supply, and employee dispatch; groupware development and service; exhibition and performance planning business; global business support; software development and distribution; IT infrastructure operations; customer center operations; and comics publishing. The company was formerly known as NHN Corporation. NAVER Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea.