Asos Pls (OTCMKTS:ASOMY) versus FIGS (NYSE:FIGS) Financial Survey

FIGS (NYSE:FIGS) and Asos Pls (OTCMKTS:ASOMY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Risk & Volatility

FIGS has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asos Pls has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for FIGS and Asos Pls, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FIGS	0	5	4	2	2.73
Asos Pls	0	0	0	2	4.00

FIGS presently has a consensus target price of $14.93, suggesting a potential downside of 3.72%. Given FIGS’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe FIGS is more favorable than Asos Pls.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FIGS and Asos Pls”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FIGS	$631.10 million	4.09	$34.25 million	$0.19	81.61
Asos Pls	$3.23 billion	0.11	-$388.99 million	N/A	N/A

FIGS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Asos Pls.

Profitability

This table compares FIGS and Asos Pls’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FIGS	5.43%	8.41%	6.33%
Asos Pls	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.2% of FIGS shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of FIGS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FIGS beats Asos Pls on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FIGS

FIGS, Inc. operates as a direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle company in the United States and internationally. It designs and sells healthcare apparel and scrubwear and non-scrubwear offerings, such as outerwear, underscrubs, footwear, compression socks, lab coats, loungewear, and other apparel. It also offers sports bras, performance leggings, tops, super-soft pima cotton tops, vests, fleeces, and jackets; necessities, scrub caps, lanyards, badge reels, tote bags, baseball caps, and beanies. The company markets and sells its products to healthcare professionals through its direct-to-consumer digital platform comprising website, mobile app, and B2B business, as well as retail store. FIGS, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. FIGS, Inc.

About Asos Pls

ASOS Plc operates as an online fashion retailer in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, and internationally. It offers womenswear and menswear products. The company sells its products under the ASOS Design, ASOS Edition, ASOS Luxe, ASOS 4505, Collusion, Reclaimed Vintage, Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, HIIT, AsYou, Dark Future, UNRVLLD/SPPLY, Crooked Tongues, Daysocial, Actual, and Weekend Collective brands, as well as through third-party brands. It is also involved in the employer of marketing staff and payment processing businesses, as well as acts as a vehicle for issue of convertible bonds. ASOS Plc was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.