Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG) & Freedom (NASDAQ:FRHC) Critical Contrast

Freedom (NASDAQ:FRHC) and Cosmos Group (OTCMKTS:COSG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Freedom and Cosmos Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freedom	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cosmos Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Freedom currently has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.83%. Given Freedom’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Freedom is more favorable than Cosmos Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.3% of Freedom shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.0% of Freedom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Cosmos Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Freedom and Cosmos Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freedom	0.23%	0.38%	0.05%
Cosmos Group	N/A	-22.35%	60.70%

Volatility and Risk

Freedom has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosmos Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Freedom and Cosmos Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freedom	$2.02 billion	4.02	$84.65 million	$0.06	2,217.33
Cosmos Group	$10,000.00	244.30	$4.69 million	N/A	N/A

Freedom has higher revenue and earnings than Cosmos Group.

Summary

Freedom beats Cosmos Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freedom

Freedom Holding Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, securities dealing, market making, investment research, investment counseling, and investment banking services. It offers retail brokerage services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter corporate equity and debt securities, money market instruments, exchange traded options and futures contracts, government bonds, and mutual funds; securities trading; underwriting services; margin lending services collateralized by securities and cash in the customer’s account; various investment education and training courses; investment research services; and commercial banking services, including payment cards, digital mortgages, and digital business and digital auto loans, as well as Freedom Box, a package of payment acquiring services. The company also provides capital raising solutions for corporate clients through initial public offerings and follow-on offerings; and debt capital markets solutions that focuses on structuring and distributing private and public debt for various purposes, including buyouts, acquisitions, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations, as well as information processing services. In addition, it facilitates repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements in proprietary trading activities; and covers short positions and settle other securities obligations to accommodate customers’ needs and finance its inventory positions. Further, the company offers proprietary trading and investment services, as well as insurance products; and Tradernet software platform for client margin risk evaluation and middle office security transfer requests. It operates in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, rest of Europe, the United States, Russia, the Middle East, and Caucasus. The company was formerly known as BMB Munai, Inc. and changed its name to Freedom Holding Corp. Freedom Holding Corp. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

About Cosmos Group

Cosmos Group Holdings Inc. focuses on the physical artworks and collectibles business in Hong Kong and internationally. It operates online platform to sell and distribute the arts and collectibles to end-users with the use of blockchain technologies and minting tokens. The company is based in Singapore.