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

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

Risk and Volatility

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 competitors have a beta of 1.47, suggesting that their average share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Future FinTech Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of shares of all “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Future FinTech Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Future FinTech Group	$2.16 million	-$32.96 million	-0.08
Future FinTech Group Competitors	$38.49 billion	$2.17 billion	47.01

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Future FinTech Group and its competitors, 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	744	3952	8404	270	2.61

As a group, “INTERNET COMMERCE” companies have a potential upside of 33.27%. Given Future FinTech Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Future FinTech Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Future FinTech Group	-1,038.07%	-303.80%	-192.64%
Future FinTech Group Competitors	-66.20%	20.36%	-10.34%

Summary

Future FinTech Group competitors beat Future FinTech Group on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About Future FinTech Group

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.