Reviewing Telenav (TNAV) and SEA (SE)

Telenav (NASDAQ: TNAV) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Telenav and SEA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telenav	0	0	3	0	3.00
SEA	0	1	5	0	2.83

Telenav presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.01%. SEA has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.04%. Given Telenav’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Telenav is more favorable than SEA.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.8% of Telenav shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.7% of Telenav shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Telenav and SEA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telenav	-32.94%	-41.16%	-19.25%
SEA	-90.49%	N/A	-39.28%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Telenav and SEA’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	NetIncome	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Telenav	$169.58 million	1.35	-$47.26 million	($1.23)	-4.19
SEA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SEA has higher revenue, but lower earnings than Telenav.

Summary

Telenav beats SEA on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Telenav

TeleNav, Inc. (Telenav) is a provider of location-based platform services. The Company’s services consist of its automotive and mobile navigation platform and its advertising delivery platform. The Company operates through three segments: automotive, advertising and mobile navigation. The automotive segment provides its map and navigation platform to auto manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for distribution with their vehicles. The advertising segment provides interactive mobile advertisements on behalf of its advertising clients to consumers based on the location of the user and other targeting capabilities. The mobile navigation segment provides its map and navigation platform to end users through mobile devices. The Company’s auto and mobile navigation platform allows it to deliver location-based services to auto manufacturers, developers and end users through various distribution channels, including wireless carriers.

About SEA

Sea Limited, formerly Garena Interactive Holding Limited, is a Singapore-based Internet and mobile platform company. The Company is a platform provider for online personal computer (PC) and mobile digital content, e-commerce and payments across Asia. The Company offers Garena+, an online platform for people to meet, chat and play games with each other. Its digital content offers Garena, which is a game and social platform for gamers to interact, discover, download and play PC and mobile games. PC games on Garena Platform include Point Blank, Path of Exile, Mstar Online, League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, Alliance of Valiant Arms, Mabinogi Heroes and Lost Saga. Mobile Games on Garena Platform include Headshot and Thunder Strike. Its ESports Events include Garena Premier League, Garena Carnival, Garena Cyber Games, Garena Star League and League of Legends Master Series. Its e-commerce offers Shopee, a mobile marketplace, where users can browse, shop and sell their products.

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