Head-To-Head Survey: AIFU (NASDAQ:AIFU) and AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY)

AIFU (NASDAQ:AIFU) and AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

AIFU has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXA has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AIFU and AXA”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AIFU	$1.81 billion	0.01	$62.33 million	$0.73	8.79
AXA	$78.03 billion	1.35	$8.53 billion	N/A	N/A

AXA has higher revenue and earnings than AIFU.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

26.7% of AIFU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of AXA shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of AIFU shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares AIFU and AXA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AIFU	N/A	N/A	N/A
AXA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for AIFU and AXA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AIFU	0	0	0	0	0.00
AXA	0	0	2	1	3.33

Summary

AXA beats AIFU on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AIFU

AIX, Inc. engages in the provision of agency services and insurance claims adjusting services. It operates through the Insurance Agency and Claims Adjusting segments. The Insurance Agency segment includes providing agency services for insurance products and life insurance products. The Claims Adjusting segment provides pre-underwriting survey services, claims adjusting services, disposal of residual value services, loading and unloading supervision services, and consulting services. The company was founded by Yin An Hu and Qiu Ping Lai in 1998 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

About AXA

AXA SA, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, asset management, and banking services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: France; Europe; AXA XL; Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM; AXA Investment Managers; and Transversal & Other segments It offers life and savings insurance products, such as savings and retirement, other health, and personal protection products. The company also provides property and casualty insurance products, including car, home, and personal or professional liability to individual and business clients; international insurance for large corporate clients in Europe; and marine and aviation insurance services, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. In addition, it offers asset management services in the areas of various asset classes, including equities, bonds, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate for the group’s insurance companies and their clients, and retail and institutional clients. Further, the company provides motor, household, property and general liability, health, term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, deferred and immediate annuities, and other investment-based products for personal/individual and commercial/ group customers. AXA SA was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Paris, France.