Analyzing Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH) and Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH)

Nitches (OTCMKTS:NICH) and Jerash Holdings (US) (NASDAQ:JRSH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Nitches and Jerash Holdings (US), as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nitches	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jerash Holdings (US)	0	1	1	0	2.50

Jerash Holdings (US) has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.99%. Given Jerash Holdings (US)’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jerash Holdings (US) is more favorable than Nitches.

Risk and Volatility

Nitches has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jerash Holdings (US) has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nitches and Jerash Holdings (US)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nitches	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jerash Holdings (US)	0.45%	1.03%	0.79%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nitches and Jerash Holdings (US)”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nitches	N/A	N/A	-$2.84 million	N/A	N/A
Jerash Holdings (US)	$145.81 million	0.25	-$850,000.00	$0.06	48.67

Jerash Holdings (US) has higher revenue and earnings than Nitches.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.4% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of Nitches shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Jerash Holdings (US) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jerash Holdings (US) beats Nitches on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nitches

Nitches Inc. engages in the production and distribution of household, lifestyle, travel and leisure, sports goods, and clothing items. It also develops NITCHES OVS, an owner verification system (OVS) mobile application that can be used to verify authenticity and ownership of Nitches' luxury products, apparels, and streetwear clothing items. The company sells its products through on-line store on the Nitches website, nitchescorp.com/brands/. Nitches Inc. was formerly known as Beebas Creations Inc. and changed its name to Nitches Inc. in July 1992. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Las Vegas, California.

About Jerash Holdings (US)

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and exports customized and ready-made sport and outerwear. The company offers t-shirts; jackets and pullover; pants and shorts; crew neck, polo shirts, and tank tops made from knitted fabric, as well as personal protective equipment. It serves various brand-name retailers in the United States, Hong Kong, Jordan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey.