Financial Contrast: Future FinTech Group (FTFT) vs. Its Competitors

Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT) is one of 67 publicly-traded companies in the “INTERNET COMMERCE” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Future FinTech Group to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Future FinTech Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future FinTech Group	$2.16 million	-$32.96 million	-0.11
Future FinTech Group Competitors	$38.89 billion	$2.17 billion	11.76

Future FinTech Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group. Future FinTech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Future FinTech Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future FinTech Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Future FinTech Group Competitors	712	3914	8343	269	2.62

As a group, “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies have a potential upside of 21.53%. Given Future FinTech Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Future FinTech Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Future FinTech Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.48, indicating that their average share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Future FinTech Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future FinTech Group	N/A	-347.16%	-200.95%
Future FinTech Group Competitors	-37.52%	34.24%	-5.38%

Summary

Future FinTech Group competitors beat Future FinTech Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Future FinTech Group Company Profile

Future FinTech Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates online shopping platforms in People’s Republic of China. It operates in three segments: Supply Chain Financing Service and Trading Business, Asset Management Service, and Others. The company offers cross-border money transfer service, brokerage and investment banking, and cryptocurrency mining farm business. It also engages in the trading of coal, aluminum ingots, sand, and steel; and E-commerce, digital wallet safety management, blockchain code auditing and operations, cryptocurrency mining, metaverse and big data maintenance services. The company was formerly known as SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. and changed its name to Future FinTech Group Inc. in June 2017. Future FinTech Group Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.