We will be comparing the differences between Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) as far as risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation are concerned. The two businesses are rivals in the Application Software industry.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | -1.20 | 0.00 |
| Shopify Inc. | 952.18M | 18.20 | 66.03M | -0.63 | 0.00 |
In table 1 we can see Gridsum Holding Inc. and Shopify Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Profitability
Table 2 hightlights the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of the two companies.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0.00% | -19.7% | -11.2% |
| Shopify Inc. | -6.93% | -4.4% | -4% |
Liquidity
The Current Ratio of Gridsum Holding Inc. is 2 while its Quick Ratio stands at 2. The Current Ratio of rival Shopify Inc. is 11.8 and its Quick Ratio is has 11.8. Shopify Inc. is better equipped to clear short and long-term obligations than Gridsum Holding Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The table delivered features the ratings and recommendations for Gridsum Holding Inc. and Shopify Inc.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shopify Inc. | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.50 |
Competitively Shopify Inc. has a consensus price target of $164.71, with potential upside of 4.84%.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Institutional investors owned 37.7% of Gridsum Holding Inc. shares and 74.4% of Shopify Inc. shares. Gridsum Holding Inc.’s share owned by insiders are 5.3%. Competitively, 0.35% are Shopify Inc.’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| Gridsum Holding Inc. | -9.6% | -27.31% | -32.75% | -38.34% | -55.84% | -57.81% |
| Shopify Inc. | -0.76% | 2.23% | 6.59% | -5.45% | 51.82% | 50% |
For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc. had bearish trend while Shopify Inc. had bullish trend.
Summary
Shopify Inc. beats Gridsum Holding Inc. on 8 of the 10 factors.
Gridsum Holding Inc. provides data analysis software for multinational and domestic enterprises, and government agencies in China. Its proprietary distributed data architecture allows its customers to collect and analyze vast amounts of information; and Gridsum Big Data platform performs multi-dimensional correlation analysis and analyzes complex real-time events. The company offers Web Dissector to analyze customer Websites by monitoring and analyzing key performance indicators; Mobile Dissector to understand mobile app user activity; SEM Dissector for search engine marketing; SEO Dissector, a search engine optimization tool; Ad Dissector, an advertisement performance monitoring and optimization product; Contribution Dissector to evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns; Audience Dissector, an audience analysis product; Recommendation Engine, a data driven content recommendation solution. It also provides Government Web Dissector, a digital intelligence solution; Government Website Group Integrated Management Platform, an integrated management platform; Streaming Dissector, a real-time viewership analysis and operational efficiency monitor for digital online video; Video Dissector, an online video content analytics tool; TV Dissector, an analytics tool; Rating Plus, a television viewing data analytics tool; and Media Dissector, a mass, social, and user-generated content media monitoring and analytics tool. In addition, the company offers Law Dissector, a search and statistical analysis tool; Smart Push, a legal research tool; Information Dissector, an insightful analytical system; Social Listening, a could-based social listening solution; Gridsum Dashboard, a data visualization tool; and Gridsum Report Center, an automated report generation and distribution tool. Further, it develops new media analytics and information discovery solutions to address a range of customer needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Shopify Inc. provides a cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and internationally. Its platform provides merchants with a single view of their business and customers in various sales channels, including Web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, social media storefronts, and marketplaces; and enables them to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship orders, build customer relationships, and leverage analytics and reporting. The company was formerly known as Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Shopify Inc. in November 2011. Shopify Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.