Critical Review: ATIF (ZBAI) vs. Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares ATIF and its rivals’ 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	7.66%	26.66%	8.47%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ATIF and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$620,000.00	-$3.19 million	-1.18
ATIF Competitors	$2.97 billion	$272.15 million	19.42

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATIF	1	0	0	0	1.00
ATIF Competitors	85	729	1302	63	2.62

As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 24.15%. Given ATIF’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ATIF has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

ATIF rivals 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.