American Bitcoin (NASDAQ:ABTC – Get Free Report) and 9F (NASDAQ:JFU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
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 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices 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 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
10.2% of American Bitcoin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of American Bitcoin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of 9F shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares American Bitcoin and 9F”s 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.
Volatility and Risk
American Bitcoin has a beta of 3.81, suggesting that its share price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 9F has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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