UBS Group (NYSE:UBS – Get Free Report) and Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.
Risk and Volatility
UBS Group has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares UBS Group and Future FinTech Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| UBS Group | 13.36% | 10.71% | 0.58% |
| Future FinTech Group | -157.53% | -12.22% | -10.08% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares UBS Group and Future FinTech Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| UBS Group | $52.24 billion | 2.90 | $7.77 billion | $3.03 | 15.99 |
| Future FinTech Group | $3.83 million | 7.45 | -$4.62 million | ($30.16) | -0.11 |
UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group. Future FinTech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for UBS Group and Future FinTech Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| UBS Group | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2.46 |
| Future FinTech Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
UBS Group currently has a consensus price target of $60.30, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Given UBS Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UBS Group is more favorable than Future FinTech Group.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by company 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
UBS Group beats Future FinTech Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About UBS Group
UBS Group AG provides financial advice and solutions to private, institutional, and corporate clients worldwide. It operates through five divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management, Investment Bank, and Non-core and Legacy. The company offers investment advice, estate and wealth planning, investing, corporate and banking, and investment management, as well as mortgage, securities-based, and structured lending solutions. It also provides personal banking products and services, such as deposits, credit and debit cards, and online and mobile banking, as well as lending, investments, retirement, and wealth management services; and corporate and institutional solutions, including equity and debt capital markets, syndicated and structured credit, private placements, leasing, traditional financing, and transaction banking solutions for payment and cash management services, trade and export finance, and global custody solutions. In addition, the company offers equities, fixed income, hedge funds, real estate and private markets, indexed and alternative beta strategies, asset allocation and currency investment strategies, customized multi-asset solutions, advisory and fiduciary services, and multi-manager hedge fund solutions and advisory services. Further, it advises clients on strategic business opportunities and helps them raise capital to fund their activities; enables its clients to buy, sell, and finance securities on capital markets and to manage their risks and liquidity; distributes, trades in, finances, and clears cash equities and equity-linked products; structures, originates, and distributes new equity and equity-linked issues; and originates, distributes, manages risk, and provides liquidity in foreign exchange, rates, credit and precious metals. The company was formerly known as UBS AG and changed its name to UBS Group AG in December 2014. UBS Group AG was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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.
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