Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT – Get Free Report) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Future FinTech Group and Amazon.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Future FinTech Group | -37.76% | -13.08% | -10.33% |
| Amazon.com | 12.22% | 19.92% | 9.86% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Future FinTech Group and Amazon.com”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Future FinTech Group | $3.83 million | 0.67 | -$4.62 million | ($3.17) | -0.43 |
| Amazon.com | $716.92 billion | 3.71 | $77.67 billion | $8.36 | 29.58 |
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group. Future FinTech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Future FinTech Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are owned 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 Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Future FinTech Group and Amazon.com, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Future FinTech Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Amazon.com | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 2.95 |
Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $312.76, indicating a potential upside of 26.48%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Future FinTech Group.
Risk and Volatility
Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Future FinTech Group on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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