Jiayin Group (NASDAQ:JFIN – Get Free Report) and Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Jiayin Group and Core Scientific, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Jiayin Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Core Scientific | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.00 |
Core Scientific has a consensus price target of $14.71, indicating a potential upside of 45.11%. Given Core Scientific’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Jiayin Group.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Jiayin Group | 22.18% | 58.72% | 25.24% |
Core Scientific | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Jiayin Group and Core Scientific’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Jiayin Group | $5.82 billion | 0.06 | $182.75 million | $3.35 | 1.79 |
Core Scientific | $575.23 million | 3.13 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Jiayin Group has higher revenue and earnings than Core Scientific.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
44.1% of Jiayin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of Jiayin Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jiayin Group beats Core Scientific on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Jiayin Group
Jiayin Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides online consumer finance services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates a fintech platform that facilitates connections between individual borrowers and financial institutions. It also offers referral services for investment products offered by the financial service providers; and technology development and services, as well as guarantee services. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. Jiayin Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of New Dream Capital Holdings Limited.
About Core Scientific
Core Scientific, Inc. provides digital asset mining services in North America. It operates through two segments, Mining and Hosting. The company offers blockchain infrastructure, software solutions, and services; and operates data center mining facilities. It also mines digital assets for its own account; and provides hosting services for other large bitcoin miners, which include deployment, monitoring, trouble shooting, optimization, and maintenance of its customers' digital asset mining equipment. In addition, the company provides electrical power, repair, and other infrastructure services to operate, maintain, and earn digital assets; and sells mining equipment to customers. Core Scientific, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.
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