Analyzing Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) and Livento Group (OTCMKTS:NUGN)

Livento Group (OTCMKTS:NUGN) and Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Livento Group and Gorilla Technology Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Livento Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Gorilla Technology Group	0	0	3	0	3.00

Gorilla Technology Group has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 929.67%. Given Gorilla Technology Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gorilla Technology Group is more favorable than Livento Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Livento Group and Gorilla Technology Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Livento Group	$2.01 million	4.06	-$6.55 million	N/A	N/A
Gorilla Technology Group	$64.69 million	0.61	$19.94 million	N/A	N/A

Gorilla Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Livento Group.

Risk and Volatility

Livento Group has a beta of 5.05, suggesting that its stock price is 405% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorilla Technology Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Livento Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are held by 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 Livento Group and Gorilla Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Livento Group	-326.32%	-17.63%	-16.02%
Gorilla Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Gorilla Technology Group beats Livento Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Livento Group

Livento Group, Inc. engages in the film and television production business. It is involved in the artificial intelligence and machine learning technology business; and real estate finance and development activities. The company was formerly known as NuGene International, Inc. and changed its name to Livento Group, Inc. in June 2022. Livento Group, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Gorilla Technology Group

Gorilla Technology Group Inc. provides video intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) security, and edge content management hardware, software, and services in the Asia Pacific region. The company operates through three segments: Video IoT, Security Convergence, and Other segments. It offers intelligent video analytics AI models for various verticals, such as behavioral analytics, people/face recognition, vehicle analysis, object recognition, and business intelligence that can scan video for patterns and distinguish specific items using AI algorithms and metadata. The company also provides information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) security convergence AI algorithms for system administrators and security engineers to detect suspicious behaviors in real time; network anomaly detection AI models; and endpoint malware and suspicious behavior detection AI models. In addition, it offers intelligent video analytics (IVA) appliances to analyze and turn unstructured video and picture data into structured data; IVAR appliance that provides insight into business and operations in a statistic dashboard; smart attendance to track employee health and safety, work hours, clock-ins/outs, and absenteeism, as well as to protect company assets and intellectual properties; event and video management system appliances to store event/object attributes in temporal-spatial big data database from Gorilla; and operation technology security appliance to monitor and control physical devices, processes, and infrastructure, as well as to protect industrial systems and networks from various threats. Further, the company provides smart retail SaaS for shopper demographics, visualized shopper behavior, and advanced data analytics, smart city and transportation SaaS for traffic management, public safety, and planning data; and endpoint security SaaS that protects endpoints against security threats. Gorilla Technology Group Inc. is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.