Financial Analysis: Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) vs. Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM)

Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM) and Pinelawn Cemetery (OTC:PLWN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.0% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Smart Share Global and Pinelawn Cemetery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smart Share Global	3.10%	2.23%	1.39%
Pinelawn Cemetery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Smart Share Global and Pinelawn Cemetery, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smart Share Global	0	0	1	0	3.00
Pinelawn Cemetery	0	0	0	0	N/A

Smart Share Global currently has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.94%. Given Smart Share Global’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Smart Share Global is more favorable than Pinelawn Cemetery.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Smart Share Global and Pinelawn Cemetery”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smart Share Global	$1.96 billion	0.09	$12.36 million	$0.03	23.65
Pinelawn Cemetery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Smart Share Global has higher revenue and earnings than Pinelawn Cemetery.

Summary

Smart Share Global beats Pinelawn Cemetery on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Smart Share Global

Smart Share Global Limited, a consumer tech company, provides mobile device charging services in the People's Republic of China. The company provides mobile device charging services through online and offline networks; and rents power banks. It offers services through its power banks placed in points of interests (POIs) operated by its location partners, such as entertainment venues, restaurants, shopping centers, hotels, transportation hubs, and public spaces. The company also offers advertising services, as well as sells merchandises through online platform or distributors. Smart Share Global Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About Pinelawn Cemetery

Pinelawn Cemetery provides cremation services. It primarily offers cremation services at Memorial Gardens and Garden Mausoleums. The company is based in Farmingdale, New York.