Head-To-Head Analysis: Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB) vs. Pintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT)
by Teresa Graham · The Cerbat GemPintec Technology (NASDAQ:PT – Get Free Report) and Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Pintec Technology and Climb Global Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pintec Technology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Climb Global Solutions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Climb Global Solutions has a consensus target price of $136.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.55%. Given Climb Global Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Climb Global Solutions is more favorable than Pintec Technology.
Volatility & Risk
Pintec Technology has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Climb Global Solutions has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
6.6% of Pintec Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Climb Global Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Pintec Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Climb Global Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Pintec Technology and Climb Global Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pintec Technology | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Climb Global Solutions | 3.83% | 28.34% | 6.62% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pintec Technology and Climb Global Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pintec Technology | $4.82 million | 3.03 | -$2.12 million | N/A | N/A |
| Climb Global Solutions | $465.61 million | 1.04 | $18.61 million | $4.27 | 24.59 |
Climb Global Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Pintec Technology.
Summary
Climb Global Solutions beats Pintec Technology on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pintec Technology
Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of technology-enabled financial and digital services to the ecosystem of MSMEs and SMEs in the People’s Republic of China. The company connects business partners and financial partners on its open platform and enables them to provide financial services to end users. It provides point-of-sale financing solutions to its business partners on their platforms or on its own platform under the Dumiao brand; and business installment loan solutions to its business partners on their platforms or on its own platform. The company also offers wealth management solutions, including a fund distribution solution that enables partners to offer and distribute mutual fund products to their customers, either under its Hongdian brand or as a white label solution; and a robo-advisory solution under the Polaris brand which enables its financial and business partners to provide robo-advisory services to their customers. In addition, it provides international installment loan solutions; Myfin, an insurance solution, that enables its partners to offer and distribute insurance products to its users; value added tools to business and financial partners for deploying its solutions, monitor and evaluate performance, and scale their business; digital marketing tools to target users, implement intelligent digital marketing activities, and increase marketing efficiencies and effectiveness; and real time monitoring tools that offer comprehensive and visualized performance monitoring interface. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.
About Climb Global Solutions
Climb Global Solutions Inc. operates as a value-added information technology (IT) distribution and solutions company in the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Distribution and Solutions. The company distributes technical software to corporate and value-added resellers, consultants, and systems integrators under the name Climb Channel Solutions; and provides cloud solutions and resells software, hardware, and services under the name Grey Matter. It also resells computer software and hardware developed by others, as well as provides technical services to end user customers. In addition, the company offers a line of products from various software vendors; and tools for virtualization/cloud computing, security, networking, storage and infrastructure management, application lifecycle management, and other technically sophisticated domains, as well as computer hardware. It markets its products through its own web sites, local and on-line seminars, events, webinars, and social media, as well as direct email and printed materials. The company was formerly known as Wayside Technology Group, Inc. and changed its name to Climb Global Solutions Inc. in October 2022. Climb Global Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey.