Yunji (YJ) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Yunji (NASDAQ:YJ) is one of 142 public companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Yunji to related companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Yunji and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yunji	1	0	0	0	1.00
Yunji Competitors	1412	5422	10912	311	2.56

As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 17.83%. Given Yunji’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Yunji has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yunji	$254.97 million	-$19.06 million	-0.39
Yunji Competitors	$54.99 billion	$1.71 billion	14.50

Yunji’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Yunji. Yunji 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.5% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 45.3% of Yunji shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yunji	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yunji Competitors	-2.58%	-19.42%	-2.10%

Volatility & Risk

Yunji has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yunji’s competitors have a beta of -1.12, suggesting that their average stock price is 212% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Yunji competitors beat Yunji on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Yunji Company Profile

Yunji Inc. operates a social e-commerce platform in China that connects consumers with branded and private-label products through online shopping and community-based purchasing. Its platform uses member referrals, social sharing and group buying to help merchants reach consumers and encourage repeat purchases. The company offers a broad selection of products, including food and beverages, household goods, personal care and beauty products, apparel, consumer electronics and other general merchandise.