ATIF (ZBAI) versus Its Peers Financial Survey

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

Profitability

This table compares ATIF and its competitors’ 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	7.75%	26.60%	8.48%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ATIF and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATIF	1	0	0	0	1.00
ATIF Competitors	78	714	1288	63	2.62

As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 28.95%. Given ATIF’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATIF has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.1% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.2% of ATIF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

ATIF has a beta of -0.64, meaning that its share price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATIF’s competitors have a beta of 0.72, meaning that their average share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ATIF and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$720,000.00	-$3.19 million	-1.14
ATIF Competitors	$3.01 billion	$272.15 million	19.69

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

Summary

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

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.