KODK vs. JFIN, UIS, FORR, NVEC, BBAI, FARO, SOHU, MIXT, OUST, and ATNI
Should you be buying Eastman Kodak stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Kodak include Jiayin Group (JFIN), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), NVE (NVEC), BigBear.ai (BBAI), FARO Technologies (FARO), Sohu.com (SOHU), MiX Telematics (MIXT), Ouster (OUST), and ATN International (ATNI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Jiayin Group (NASDAQ:JFIN) and Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Jiayin Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eastman Kodak. Jiayin Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Kodak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jiayin Group has a net margin of 23.75% compared to Jiayin Group's net margin of 6.71%. Eastman Kodak's return on equity of 66.42% beat Jiayin Group's return on equity.
Jiayin Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.1% of Jiayin Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of Jiayin Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Eastman Kodak had 2 more articles in the media than Jiayin Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eastman Kodak and 1 mentions for Jiayin Group. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Jiayin Group's score of -0.10 indicating that Jiayin Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastman Kodak received 142 more outperform votes than Jiayin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.08% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote while only 52.86% of users gave Jiayin Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Jiayin Group beats Eastman Kodak on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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