Financial Survey: 9F (NASDAQ:JFU) versus American Bitcoin (NASDAQ:ABTC)

American Bitcoin (NASDAQ:ABTC) and 9F (NASDAQ:JFU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares American Bitcoin and 9F’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Bitcoin	-69.42%	-29.72%	-15.38%
9F	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

American Bitcoin has a beta of 3.81, meaning that its share price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 9F has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares American Bitcoin and 9F”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Bitcoin	$185.16 million	2.08	-$153.17 million	($7.50)	-0.73
9F	$41.45 million	0.60	$24.05 million	N/A	N/A

9F has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Bitcoin.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.2% of American Bitcoin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of American Bitcoin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of 9F shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for American Bitcoin and 9F, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Bitcoin	1	1	2	0	2.25
9F	1	0	0	0	1.00

American Bitcoin presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,002.94%. Given American Bitcoin’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Bitcoin is more favorable than 9F.

Summary

American Bitcoin beats 9F on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Bitcoin

Gryphon Digital Mining is an innovative venture in the bitcoin space. Gryphon Digital Mining, formerly known as Akerna Corp., is based in DENVER.

About 9F

9F Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates internet securities service platform in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Technology Empowerment Services, E-commerce business, and Wealth Management. Its products include digital financial accounts that offer online lending, wealth management, and payment facilitation services; revolving and non-revolving loan products to borrowers, as well as traffic referral services to financial institution partners; and a suite of online wealth management products, such as fixed income products, stocks, insurance, bank wealth management products, and mutual funds to investors in various platforms, including Wukong Licai, 9F Wallet, and 9F Puhui. The company also provides payment facilitation and other products and services that help users to pay credit card bills and household bills comprising utility bills; and other value-added services consisting of credit history search, debt consolidation, and user referral services. In addition, it offers technology empowerment services to banking, automobile, securities investment, and insurance industries; and engages in E-commerce business, which offers various categories of merchandise, including 3C products, beauty and skin care products, food, household appliances, and liquor and beverages. It provides its services to borrowers, investors, and financial institutions partners. The company was formerly known as JIUFU Financial Technology Service Limited and changed its name to 9F Inc. in June 2014. 9F Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.