ATIF (NASDAQ:ZBAI) and CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) Head-To-Head Contrast

ATIF (NASDAQ:ZBAI) and CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

ATIF has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ATIF and CBIZ, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATIF	1	0	0	0	1.00
CBIZ	1	0	1	0	2.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ATIF and CBIZ”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$620,000.00	12.08	-$3.19 million	($7.19)	-1.08
CBIZ	$2.68 billion	1.04	$41.04 million	$1.52	33.72

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than ATIF. ATIF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares ATIF and CBIZ’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATIF	N/A	-90.49%	-79.46%
CBIZ	3.89%	14.02%	5.76%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.2% of ATIF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of CBIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CBIZ beats ATIF on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ATIF

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.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.