Head-To-Head Analysis: ATIF (ZBAI) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for ATIF and its rivals, 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	88	730	1306	63	2.61

As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 25.05%. Given ATIF’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATIF has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	7.61%	26.73%	8.45%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$620,000.00	-$3.19 million	-1.19
ATIF Competitors	$3.19 billion	$272.15 million	20.44

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.

Risk & Volatility

ATIF has a beta of -0.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATIF’s rivals have a beta of 0.71, meaning that their average stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider 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, 5.6% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

ATIF Company Profile

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.