Comparing Eshallgo (NASDAQ:EHGO) & FlexShopper (NASDAQ:FPAY)

Eshallgo (NASDAQ:EHGO) and FlexShopper (NASDAQ:FPAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Eshallgo and FlexShopper, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eshallgo	0	0	0	0	0.00
FlexShopper	0	0	2	0	3.00

FlexShopper has a consensus price target of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 94.38%. Given FlexShopper’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FlexShopper is more favorable than Eshallgo.

Profitability

This table compares Eshallgo and FlexShopper’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eshallgo	N/A	N/A	N/A
FlexShopper	0.67%	23.98%	0.87%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.4% of FlexShopper shares are held by institutional investors. 30.2% of FlexShopper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eshallgo and FlexShopper”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eshallgo	$16.96 million	1.41	$10,000.00	N/A	N/A
FlexShopper	$134.56 million	0.27	-$4.23 million	($0.17)	-9.84

Eshallgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FlexShopper.

Summary

FlexShopper beats Eshallgo on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eshallgo

Eshallgo Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale and leasing of office equipment and after-sale maintenance and repair services in the People’s Republic of China. The company also sells office furniture, IT products, water dispensers, printing papers, and other products, as well as provides maintenance services with enterprise resource planning systems. It serves private and public sector businesses, as well as large enterprises and institutions. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China.

About FlexShopper

FlexShopper, Inc., a financial technology company, operates an e-commerce marketplace to shop electronics, home furnishings, and other durable goods on a lease-to-own (LTO) basis. The company offers consumer electronics; home appliances; computers, such as tablets and wearables; smartphones; tires; and jewelry and furniture, including accessories. It also provides payment options to consumers. The company offers its products under the LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, Frigidaire, General Electric, Whirlpool, Apple, Asus, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Toshiba, Resident, Sealy, and Ashley brands. The company was formerly known as Anchor Funding Services, Inc. and changed its name to FlexShopper, Inc. in October 2013. FlexShopper, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.