Reviewing Eightco (NASDAQ:OCTO) & Qfin (NASDAQ:QFIN)

Eightco (NASDAQ:OCTO) and Qfin (NASDAQ:QFIN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Eightco has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qfin has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Eightco and Qfin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eightco	-21.43%	-91.96%	-19.64%
Qfin	31.13%	24.97%	10.22%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Eightco and Qfin”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eightco	$43.87 million	0.06	$710,000.00	($3.02)	-0.27
Qfin	$2.75 billion	0.69	$856.52 million	$6.16	2.17

Qfin has higher revenue and earnings than Eightco. Eightco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qfin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.9% of Eightco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Qfin shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Eightco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Qfin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Eightco and Qfin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eightco	0	0	0	0	0.00
Qfin	2	1	1	0	1.75

Qfin has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential upside of 65.80%. Given Qfin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Qfin is more favorable than Eightco.

Summary

Qfin beats Eightco on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eightco

Eightco Holdings Inc. provides inventory management and corrugated custom packaging solutions in North America and Europe. It manufactures and sells custom packaging solutions for a various product; and provides and resells bitcoin mining equipment and co-location services. The company was formerly known as Cryptyde, Inc. and changed its name to Eightco Holdings Inc. in April 2023. Eightco Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Easton, Pennsylvania.

About Qfin

Qifu Technology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates credit-tech platform under the 360 Jietiao brand in the People's Republic of China. It provides credit-driven services that matches borrowers with financial institutions to conduct customer acquisition, initial and credit screening, advanced risk assessment, credit assessment, fund matching, and other post-facilitation services; and platform services, including loan facilitation and post-facilitation services to financial institution partners under intelligence credit engine, referral services, and risk management software-as-a-service. The company also offers e-commerce loans, enterprise loans, and invoice loans to SME owners. It serves financial institutions, consumers, and small- and micro-enterprises. The company was formerly known as 360 DigiTech, Inc. and changed its name to Qifu Technology, Inc. in March 2023. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.