ATIF (ZBAI) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Contrast

ATIF (NASDAQ:ZBAI) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “Consulting” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare ATIF to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ATIF	$620,000.00	-$3.19 million	-1.19
ATIF Competitors	$2.97 billion	$272.15 million	19.94

ATIF’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than ATIF. ATIF 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 Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for ATIF and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ATIF	1	0	0	0	1.00
ATIF Competitors	79	720	1296	63	2.62

As a group, “Consulting” companies have a potential upside of 25.13%. Given ATIF’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ATIF has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

85.1% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.2% of ATIF shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of shares of all “Consulting” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

ATIF has a beta of -0.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATIF’s competitors have a beta of 0.72, suggesting that their average share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ATIF	N/A	-90.49%	-79.46%
ATIF Competitors	7.76%	26.63%	8.50%

Summary

ATIF competitors beat ATIF on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

ATIF Company Profile

ATIF Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of financial consulting services. It is also involved in merger and acquisition business advisory, post-listing compliance, management support, and related services. The company was founded on January 5, 2015 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.