Contrasting of Gridsum Holding Inc. (GSUM) and Castlight Health Inc. (NYSE:CSLT)

Since Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:GSUM) and Castlight Health Inc. (NYSE:CSLT) are part of the Application Software industry, they are influenced by contrast. The influences particularly affect the institutional ownership, earnings and valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations of both companies.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gridsum Holding Inc.	N/A	0.00	N/A	-2.48	0.00
Castlight Health Inc.	155.42M	2.77	35.80M	-0.26	0.00

In table 1 we can see Gridsum Holding Inc. and Castlight Health Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 shows us Gridsum Holding Inc. and Castlight Health Inc.’s return on assets, net margins and return on equity.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gridsum Holding Inc.	0.00%	-127.4%	-42.8%
Castlight Health Inc.	-23.03%	-18.5%	-13.8%

Liquidity

Gridsum Holding Inc.’s Current Ratio and Quick Ratio are 0.9 and 0.9 respectively. The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of its competitor Castlight Health Inc. are 1.9 and 1.9 respectively. Castlight Health Inc. therefore has a better chance of paying off short and long-term obligations compared to Gridsum Holding Inc.

Analyst Recommendations

Gridsum Holding Inc. and Castlight Health Inc. Ratings and Recommendations are available on the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gridsum Holding Inc.	0	0	0	0.00
Castlight Health Inc.	0	1	1	2.50

Meanwhile, Castlight Health Inc.’s average price target is $4.5, while its potential upside is 50.50%.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Gridsum Holding Inc. and Castlight Health Inc. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 36.4% and 72.4%. Insiders held roughly 5.3% of Gridsum Holding Inc.’s shares. On the other hand, insiders held about 1.2% of Castlight Health Inc.’s shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Gridsum Holding Inc.	-6.17%	10.06%	11.11%	-26.78%	-43.37%	56.95%
Castlight Health Inc.	-3.18%	-0.54%	13.35%	35.19%	-6.41%	68.2%

For the past year Gridsum Holding Inc. has weaker performance than Castlight Health Inc.

Summary

Castlight Health 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.

Castlight Health, Inc. operates a health benefits platform in the United States. The companyÂ’s platform engages employees to make better health decisions and enables employers to communicate and measure their benefit programs. Its platform also provides real-time insight into employee engagement with benefits and programs enabling employers to monitor and adjust their strategies. The company also offers communication and engagement, implementation, and customer support services. It serves customers in a range of industries, including education, manufacturing, retail, technology, and government. The company was formerly known as Ventana Health Services and changed its name to Castlight Health, Inc. in April 2010. Castlight Health, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.