Allianz (OTCMKTS:ALIZY) vs. AIFU (NASDAQ:AIFU) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for AIFU and Allianz, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AIFU	1	0	0	0	1.00
Allianz	1	4	1	1	2.29

Risk & Volatility

AIFU has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allianz has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AIFU	$1.21 billion	0.00	$62.33 million	$14.60	0.13
Allianz	$211.45 billion	0.75	$12.19 billion	$3.14	13.30

Allianz has higher revenue and earnings than AIFU. AIFU is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allianz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares AIFU and Allianz’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
Allianz	5.80%	18.31%	1.12%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.7% of AIFU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Allianz shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of AIFU shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Allianz beats AIFU on 10 of the 14 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 Allianz

Allianz SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides property-casualty insurance, life/health insurance, and asset management products and services worldwide. The company’s Property-Casualty segment offers various insurance products, including motor liability and own damage, accident, general liability, fire and property, legal expense, credit, and travel to private and corporate customers. Its Life/Health segment provides a range of life and health insurance products on an individual and a group basis, such as annuities, endowment and term insurance, and unit-linked and investment-oriented products, as well as private and supplemental health, and long-term care insurance products. The company’s Asset Management segment offers institutional and retail asset management products and services to third-party investors comprising equity and fixed income funds, and multi-assets; and alternative investment products that include real estate, infrastructure debt/equity, real assets, liquid alternatives, and solutions. Its Corporate and Other segment provides banking services for retail clients, as well as digital investment services. Allianz SE was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.