Head to Head Review: CIMG (IMG) vs. Its Competitors

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) is one of 328 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare CIMG to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CIMG and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$10.30 million	-$4.88 million	-0.06
CIMG Competitors	$6.82 billion	$702.59 million	-2,401.28

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

Risk & Volatility

CIMG has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CIMG’s competitors have a beta of -3.83, suggesting that their average share price is 483% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CIMG and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	-23.59%	-15.90%
CIMG Competitors	-13.57%	-450.73%	-2.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for CIMG and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00
CIMG Competitors	2435	8284	8359	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 18.01%. Given CIMG’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CIMG has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of shares of all “Food Products” companies 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

CIMG competitors beat CIMG on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

CIMG Company Profile

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.