Triller Group (NYSE:ILLR) and Great Elm Capital (NASDAQ:GECC) Critical Analysis

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Triller Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Triller Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Great Elm Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Triller Group and Great Elm Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triller Group	$46.34 million	4.43	-$49.21 million	($1.22)	-1.03
Great Elm Capital	$8.51 million	13.90	$25.33 million	$0.31	33.03

Great Elm Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Triller Group. Triller Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great Elm Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Triller Group and Great Elm Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triller Group	-139.01%	-805.50%	-54.21%
Great Elm Capital	15.00%	11.60%	4.25%

Risk & Volatility

Triller Group has a beta of -1.43, suggesting that its share price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Capital has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Great Elm Capital beats Triller Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triller Group

Triller Group, Inc. engages in the provision of an artificial intelligence-powered, social media and live-streaming event platform for creators. It uses proprietary AI technology to push and track content virtually to affiliated and non-affiliated sites and networks. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

About Great Elm Capital

Great Elm Capital Corp. is a business development company which specializes in loan and mezzanine, middle market investments. It invests in the debt instruments of middle market companies. The fund prefers to invest in media, commercial services and supplies, healthcare, telecommunication services, communications equipment. It typically makes equity investments between $3 million and $10 million in companies with revenues between $3 million and $75 million.