Analyzing ATIF (ZBAI) & Its Competitors

ATIF (NASDAQ:ZBAI) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “Consulting” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare ATIF to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

ATIF has a beta of -0.6, indicating that its share price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATIF’s peers have a beta of 0.71, indicating that their average share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ATIF and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATIF	N/A	-90.49%	-79.46%
ATIF Competitors	7.61%	26.73%	8.45%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for ATIF and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATIF	1	0	0	0	1.00
ATIF Competitors	88	730	1307	63	2.61

As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 27.48%. Given ATIF’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATIF has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.1% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.2% of ATIF shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by 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 ATIF and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$720,000.00	-$3.19 million	-1.18
ATIF Competitors	$3.19 billion	$272.15 million	20.19

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

Summary

ATIF peers beat ATIF on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

ATIF Company Profile

ATIF Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of financial consulting services. It is also involved in merger and acquisition business advisory, post-listing compliance, management support, and related services. The company was founded on January 5, 2015 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.