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Taoping Inc (TAOP)
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Upturn Advisory Summary
06/30/2025: TAOP (1-star) is currently NOT-A-BUY. Pass it for now.
Upturn Star Rating
Not Recommended Performance
These Stocks/ETFs, based on Upturn Advisory, consistently fall short of market performance, signaling caution before investing.
Number of Analysts
Analysts rated it
Very few follow this stock; limited insights, higher-risk early investing.
1 Year Target Price $0
1 Year Target Price $0
| 0 | Strong Buy |
| 0 | Buy |
| 0 | Hold |
| 0 | Sell |
| 0 | Strong Sell |
Analysis of Past Performance
Type Stock | Historic Profit -24.46% | Avg. Invested days 21 | Today’s Advisory PASS |
Upturn Star Rating | Upturn Advisory Performance  1.0 | Stock Returns Performance  1.0 |
| Profits based on simulation | Last Close 06/30/2025 |
Key Highlights
Company Size Small-Cap Stock | Market Capitalization 3.92M USD | Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 7 |
Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 7 | ||
Volume (30-day avg) - | Beta 0.62 | 52 Weeks Range 3.56 - 29.40 | Updated Date 06/29/2025 |
52 Weeks Range 3.56 - 29.40 | Updated Date 06/29/2025 | ||
Dividends yield (FY) - | Basic EPS (TTM) -8.7 |
Earnings Date
Report Date - | When - | Estimate - | Actual - |
Profitability
Profit Margin -4.96% | Operating Margin (TTM) -7.98% |
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (TTM) -2.96% | Return on Equity (TTM) -12.71% |
Valuation
Trailing PE - | Forward PE 1.92 | Enterprise Value 10173787 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.11 |
Enterprise Value 10173787 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.11 | ||
Enterprise Value to Revenue 0.28 | Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.17 | Shares Outstanding 890000 | Shares Floating 286446 |
Shares Outstanding 890000 | Shares Floating 286446 | ||
Percent Insiders 36.75 | Percent Institutions 0.36 |
Analyst Ratings
Rating - | Target Price - | Buy - | Strong Buy - |
Buy - | Strong Buy - | ||
Hold - | Sell - | Strong Sell - | |
Strong Sell - |
Upturn AI SWOT
Taoping Inc
Company Overview
History and Background
Taoping Inc., originally known as China Information Technology, Inc., focuses on internet-based platforms and services, particularly in the smart display and advertising sectors. Founded in 1994, it underwent rebranding and strategic shifts to adapt to the evolving digital advertising landscape.
Core Business Areas
- Smart Display Advertising: Provides cloud-based platform for advertising, marketing, and branding services through a network of smart display terminals. This includes content management, ad placement, and data analytics.
- E-Commerce: Operates a platform facilitating online sales and transactions, leveraging its digital advertising network to drive traffic and conversions.
- Cloud Computing Services: Offers cloud infrastructure and services to support its digital advertising and e-commerce operations.
Leadership and Structure
The leadership team comprises a Board of Directors and executive officers. Organizational structure includes departments focused on technology, sales, marketing, and operations.
Top Products and Market Share
Key Offerings
- Taoping Digital Display Network: A cloud-based platform facilitating the management and distribution of advertising content to a network of digital display terminals. It enables advertisers to reach target audiences in public locations. Market share is relatively small as the company is not a large player in the digital ad space. Competitors include Broadsign, Daktronics, and STRATACACHE.
- Taoping E-Commerce Platform: An online platform that enables businesses to sell products and services. The company provides advertising and traffic to the platform. The E-Commerce platform operates in a very crowded space, with competitors like Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo being the dominating players, it has very little market share.
Market Dynamics
Industry Overview
The digital advertising industry is experiencing substantial growth, driven by increasing internet penetration, mobile device adoption, and programmatic advertising. E-Commerce is growing at a similar rate. However, economic downturns in China have slowed down market growth.
Positioning
Taoping Inc positions itself as a provider of comprehensive digital advertising solutions, targeting small and medium-sized businesses primarily in China. Its competitive advantage lies in its integrated platform combining digital displays, advertising, and e-commerce capabilities. However, it is a small player compared to larger rivals.
Total Addressable Market (TAM)
The total addressable market for digital advertising and e-commerce is very large, in the trillions of dollars. Taoping Inc's positioning allows it to capture a small fraction of this TAM, but it faces intense competition from established players.
Upturn SWOT Analysis
Strengths
- Integrated digital advertising and e-commerce platform
- Focus on small and medium-sized businesses
- Cloud-based technology infrastructure
Weaknesses
- Limited market share compared to larger competitors
- High dependence on the Chinese market
- Relatively small brand recognition
Opportunities
- Expansion into new geographic markets
- Strategic partnerships to broaden service offerings
- Increased adoption of digital advertising by SMEs
Threats
- Intense competition from established players
- Changing regulatory landscape in China
- Economic downturns affecting advertising spending
Competitors and Market Share
Key Competitors
- GOOGL
- META
- TME
Competitive Landscape
Taoping Inc faces intense competition. Its competitors have substantially more brand recognition, resources, and market share. Taoping's competitive advantage relies on niche market focus and integrated services, but faces difficulty competing with market leaders.
Growth Trajectory and Initiatives
Historical Growth: Historical growth trends are unavailable due to lack of recent financial data.
Future Projections: Future growth projections are unavailable due to lack of recent analyst estimates and financial data.
Recent Initiatives: Without access to recent information it's impossible to determine the recent strategic initiatives of the company.
Summary
Taoping Inc. is a small player in the digital advertising and e-commerce industry, primarily focused on the Chinese market. While it has an integrated cloud based platform targeting SME's it faces challenges from larger, more established competitors. The company struggles with limited market share and brand recognition. Financial performance is difficult to assess due to lack of readily available data and it needs to broaden its market share.
Peer Comparison
Sources and Disclaimers
Data Sources:
- SEC filings
- Company website
- Industry reports
- Market research reports
- Financial news sources
Disclaimers:
This analysis is based on limited publicly available information and analyst estimates. Actual results may vary. This is not financial advice. Conduct thorough research before making investment decisions.
AI Summarization is directionally correct and might not be accurate.
Summarized information shown could be a few years old and not current.
Fundamental Rating based on AI could be based on old data.
AI-generated summaries may have inaccuracies (hallucinations). Please verify the information before taking action.
About Taoping Inc
Exchange NASDAQ | Headquaters - | ||
IPO Launch date 2006-09-12 | Chairman & CEO Mr. Jianghuai Lin | ||
Sector Technology | Industry Software - Infrastructure | Full time employees 63 | Website https://www.taop.com |
Full time employees 63 | Website https://www.taop.com | ||
Taoping Inc. provides cloud-app technologies for smart city IoT platforms, digital advertising delivery, and other internet-based information distribution systems in China. The company offers cloud-based products, high-end data storage servers, and related services to private sectors, including new media, healthcare, education and residential community management, and other industries and applications; and hardware and software solutions with proprietary software and content, as well as designs and develops software products customized for private sector. It also provides advertising services. In addition, the company engages in the wastewater treatment business and other AI-related product and solutions. Further, it operates Taoping Net, an advertising-resources trading service platform, which connects screen owners, advertisers, and consumers; and Taoping App that enables customers to distribute and manage ads from mobile terminals. The company was formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Taoping Inc. in June 2018. Taoping Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.
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