Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT – Get Free Report) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Future FinTech Group and CoStar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Future FinTech Group | -202.56% | -97.68% | -66.99% |
| CoStar Group | 6.57% | 3.53% | 2.88% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Future FinTech Group and CoStar Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Future FinTech Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| CoStar Group | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2.71 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Future FinTech Group and CoStar Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Future FinTech Group | $18.54 million | 0.34 | -$33.65 million | N/A | N/A |
| CoStar Group | $2.67 billion | 11.24 | $374.70 million | $0.44 | 166.14 |
CoStar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group.
Risk & Volatility
Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CoStar Group beats Future FinTech Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information. It also provides Leasing, a tool to capture, manage, and maintain lease data; CoStar Lease Analysis; Public Record, a searchable database of commercially zoned parcels; CoStar Real Estate Manager, a real estate lease administration, portfolio management, and lease accounting compliance software solution; and CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment. In addition, it offers apartment marketing sites, such as ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, WestsideRentals.com, AFTER55.com, CorporateHousing.com, ForRentUniversity.com, Apartamentos.com, and Off Campus Partners; LoopNet Premium Lister; LoopNet Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads; LandsofAmerica.com, LandAndFarm.com, and LandWatch.com for rural land for-sale; BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com, and FindaFranchise.com for operating businesses and franchises for-sale; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; and HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, as well as Homes.com, a homes for sale listings site. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
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