Critical Review: Future FinTech Group (FTFT) vs. Its Competitors

Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT) is one of 67 public companies in the “INTERNET COMMERCE” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Future FinTech Group to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Future FinTech Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Future FinTech Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Future FinTech Group Competitors	712	3915	8349	269	2.62

As a group, “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies have a potential upside of 23.98%. Given Future FinTech Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Future FinTech Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Future FinTech Group’s rivals have a beta of 1.49, suggesting that their average share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future FinTech Group	$2.16 million	-$32.96 million	-0.09
Future FinTech Group Competitors	$38.49 billion	$2.17 billion	11.35

Future FinTech Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group. Future FinTech Group 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.

Profitability

This table compares Future FinTech Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future FinTech Group	N/A	-347.16%	-200.95%
Future FinTech Group Competitors	-37.44%	32.96%	-5.36%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Future FinTech Group rivals beat Future FinTech Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Future FinTech Group Company Profile

Future FinTech Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates online shopping platforms in People’s Republic of China. It operates in three segments: Supply Chain Financing Service and Trading Business, Asset Management Service, and Others. The company offers cross-border money transfer service, brokerage and investment banking, and cryptocurrency mining farm business. It also engages in the trading of coal, aluminum ingots, sand, and steel; and E-commerce, digital wallet safety management, blockchain code auditing and operations, cryptocurrency mining, metaverse and big data maintenance services. The company was formerly known as SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. and changed its name to Future FinTech Group Inc. in June 2017. Future FinTech Group Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.