Financial Analysis: Antelope Enterprise (NASDAQ:AEHL) and KORE Group (NYSE:KORE)

Antelope Enterprise (NASDAQ:AEHL) and KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.5% of KORE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Antelope Enterprise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of KORE Group shares are held by company 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.

Volatility and Risk

Antelope Enterprise has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KORE Group has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Antelope Enterprise and KORE Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antelope Enterprise	0	0	0	0	0.00
KORE Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

KORE Group has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 290.63%. Given KORE Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KORE Group is more favorable than Antelope Enterprise.

Profitability

This table compares Antelope Enterprise and KORE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antelope Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
KORE Group	-47.33%	-492.16%	-14.30%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Antelope Enterprise and KORE Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antelope Enterprise	$70.85 million	0.03	-$2.03 million	N/A	N/A
KORE Group	$285.23 million	0.15	-$167.04 million	($7.06)	-0.36

Antelope Enterprise has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KORE Group.

Summary

KORE Group beats Antelope Enterprise on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Antelope Enterprise

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides livestream e-commerce services and business management and information systems consulting services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates an online social ecommerce and live broadcast streaming platform enhances product promotion, transaction speed, and marketing effectiveness of industries and applications to anchors and influencers. It also provides business management consulting; and information system technology consulting services, including the sales of software use rights for digital data deposit platforms and asset management systems, and online social media platform development and consulting. The company was formerly known as China Ceramics Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited in October 2020. Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, the People's Republic of China.

About KORE Group

KORE Group Holdings, Inc. provides Internet of Things (IoT) services and solutions worldwide. It offers connectivity and location-based services, device solutions, and managed and professional services that are used in the development and support of IoT technology for the business market. The company’s products include IoT connectivity-as-a-service; connectivity enablement-as-a-service; device management services; and security location based services. It serves customers in healthcare, fleet and vehicle management, asset management, communication services, and industrial/manufacturing sectors. KORE Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.