Head to Head Comparison: Viewtran Group (OTCMKTS:VIEWF) and Cango (NYSE:CANG)

Cango (NYSE:CANG) and Viewtran Group (OTCMKTS:VIEWF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Cango and Viewtran Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cango	1	0	1	2	3.00
Viewtran Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cango currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 157.51%. Given Cango’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cango is more favorable than Viewtran Group.

Profitability

This table compares Cango and Viewtran Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cango	-46.40%	2.29%	1.31%
Viewtran Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cango and Viewtran Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cango	$110.21 million	2.19	$41.07 million	($1.30)	-0.90
Viewtran Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cango has higher revenue and earnings than Viewtran Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.2% of Cango shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Cango shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.2% of Viewtran Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Cango has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viewtran Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cango beats Viewtran Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cango

Cango Inc. operates an automotive transaction service platform that connects dealers, original equipment manufacturers, financial institutions, car buyers, insurance brokers, and companies in the People's Republic of China. The company offers automobile trading solutions comprising car sourcing, transaction facilitation, logistics, and warehousing support for dealers through Cango Haoche app that offers new car transaction services, and Cango U-Car app that offers used-car transaction services. It also provides automotive financing facilitation services that include facilitating financing transactions from financial institutions to car buyers, which comprises credit origination, credit assessment, credit servicing, and delinquent asset management services; facilitating financing transactions of car purchases for car buyers; and after-market services to car buyers, which includes facilitating the sale of insurance policies from insurance brokers or companies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About Viewtran Group

Viewtran Group, Inc. provides supply chain financial services and enterprise solutions for the technology industry in China. It offers software development and technical deployment services; and hardware, software, and technical services. The company was formerly known as Cogo Group, Inc. and changed its name to Viewtran Group, Inc. in November 2013. Viewtran Group, Inc. is based in Shenzhen, China.