Nine Dragons Paper (OTCMKTS:NDGPF) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) Critical Contrast

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.8% of Nine Dragons Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Nine Dragons Paper and IT Tech Packaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nine Dragons Paper	N/A	N/A	N/A
IT Tech Packaging	-12.35%	-5.92%	-5.09%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nine Dragons Paper and IT Tech Packaging”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nine Dragons Paper	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.38	2.23
IT Tech Packaging	$78.94 million	0.04	-$9.95 million	($1.02)	-0.17

Nine Dragons Paper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nine Dragons Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nine Dragons Paper beats IT Tech Packaging on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nine Dragons Paper

Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of packaging paper, recycled printing and writing paper, and specialty paper and pulp products in the People's Republic of China. The company offers linerboard products, including kraft, test, white top, and coated linerboards; corrugating medium containerboard products; corrugated cardboard products; carton box products; corrugated sheet products; and coated duplex boards. It also provides recycled printing and writing paper, such as uncoated wood-free paper and office paper; capacitor tissue paper; low and high voltage, ultra-high-voltage transformer coil winding, and heat-resistant insulating paper; and recycled and kraft pulp products. It also operates in Vietnam, Malaysia, and the United States. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dongguan, the People's Republic of China. Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited operates as a subsidiary of Best Result Holdings Limited.

About IT Tech Packaging

IT Tech Packaging, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of paper products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Dongfang Paper, Tengsheng Paper, and Baoding Shengde. It offers corrugating medium papers to companies making corrugating cardboards; and offset printing papers to printing companies. The company also provides tissue paper products, including toilet papers, boxed and soft-packed tissues, handkerchief tissues, and paper napkins, as well as bathroom and kitchen paper towels under the Dongfang Paper brand. In addition, it produces and sells non-medical single-use face masks, and medical face masks. The company was formerly known as Orient Paper, Inc. and changed its name to IT Tech Packaging, Inc. in August 2018. The company is headquartered in Baoding, the People's' Republic of China.