Datasea
Market Cap
US$79.2m
Last Updated
2021/02/25 01:07 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials
Executive Summary
Datasea Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides smart security solutions in the People’s Republic of China. More Details
Risk Analysis
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Snowflake Analysis
Adequate balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
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Share Price & News
How has Datasea's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: DTSS is more volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 19% a week.
Volatility Over Time: DTSS's weekly volatility (19%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of US stocks.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-17.8%
DTSS
-3.9%
US Software
-1.4%
US Market
1 Year Return
48.8%
DTSS
48.6%
US Software
37.1%
US Market
Return vs Industry: DTSS matched the US Software industry which returned 48.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: DTSS exceeded the US Market which returned 37.1% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| DTSS | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -17.8% | -3.9% | -1.4% |
| 30 Day | 7.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| 90 Day | 67.7% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| 1 Year | 48.8%48.8% | 49.6%48.6% | 40.2%37.1% |
| 3 Year | -79.8%-79.8% | 135.8%128.4% | 62.5%52.1% |
| 5 Year | n/a | 300.5%278.3% | 133.9%108.0% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Datasea's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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If You Had Bought Datasea (NASDAQ:DTSS) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned 12% Returns6 months ago | Simply Wall St
We're Keeping An Eye On Datasea's (NASDAQ:DTSS) Cash Burn Rate9 months ago | Simply Wall St
Is Datasea Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSS) A Volatile Stock?Valuation
Is Datasea undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
25.6x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DTSS's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate DTSS's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: DTSS is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Software industry average.
PE vs Market: DTSS is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DTSS's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: DTSS is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (25.6x) compared to the US Software industry average (9.8x).
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Future Growth
How is Datasea forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
13.0%
Forecasted Software industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Datasea has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine Datasea's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Explore growth companies in the Software industry.
Past Performance
How has Datasea performed over the past 5 years?
-15.4%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: DTSS is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: DTSS is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: DTSS is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 15.4% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare DTSS's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: DTSS is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Software industry (14.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: DTSS has a negative Return on Equity (-69.76%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Datasea's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: DTSS's short term assets ($2.3M) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.3M).
Long Term Liabilities: DTSS's short term assets ($2.3M) exceed its long term liabilities ($949.4K).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: DTSS is debt free.
Reducing Debt: DTSS currently has no debt however we can't compare to 5 years ago as we have no data for that period.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: DTSS has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: DTSS has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 30% each year
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Dividend
What is Datasea current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate DTSS's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate DTSS's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if DTSS's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if DTSS's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of DTSS's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.2yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Zhixin Liu (34 yo)
5.33yrs
Tenure
US$43,174
Compensation
Ms. Zhixin Liu has been the Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary at Datasea Inc. since October 29, 2015 and served as its Interim Chief Financial Officer until December ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Zhixin's total compensation ($USD43.17K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD507.93K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Zhixin's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board | 5.33yrs | US$43.17k | 44.64% $ 35.4m | |
| Chief Financial Officer | 2.17yrs | US$4.40k | no data | |
| Chief Technology Officer | 1.33yrs | US$26.56k | no data | |
| Technical Director | no data | no data | no data | |
| Director of Marketing | no data | no data | no data | |
| Doctoral Advisor & President of Datasea Optoelectronics Research Institute | no data | no data | no data | |
| President of Datasea Innovation Research Institute | no data | no data | no data |
2.2yrs
Average Tenure
48yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: DTSS's management team is considered experienced (2.2 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board | 5.33yrs | US$43.17k | 44.64% $ 35.4m | |
| Director | 0.25yr | no data | no data | |
| Director | 5.33yrs | US$34.64k | 25.23% $ 20.0m | |
| Independent Director | 2.17yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 2.17yrs | US$5.97k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 2.17yrs | US$7.11k | no data | |
| Director | 0.25yr | no data | no data | |
| Director | 0.25yr | no data | no data |
2.2yrs
Average Tenure
59.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: DTSS's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.5%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Datasea Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Datasea Inc.
- Ticker: DTSS
- Exchange: NasdaqCM
- Founded: 2014
- Industry: Systems Software
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: US$79.226m
- Shares outstanding: 21.47m
- Website: https://www.dataseainc.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Datasea Inc.
- Tower B, Guorui Plaza
- 20th Floor
- Beijing
- 100176
- China
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTSS | NasdaqCM (Nasdaq Capital Market) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Apr 2016 |
| AQC | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Apr 2016 |
Biography
Datasea Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides smart security solutions in the People’s Republic of China. It develops big data security and smart 3D security platforms, safe campus security systems, sce...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/02/25 01:07 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/02/24 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.