Sphere 3D (ANY) Competitors

Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY) and CNFinance (NYSE:CNF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, ANY or CNF?

Sphere 3D has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNFinance has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ANY or CNF more profitable?

CNFinance has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sphere 3D's net margin of -50.87%. CNFinance's return on equity of 0.00% beat Sphere 3D's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sphere 3D	-50.87%	-49.54%	-34.72%
CNFinance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ANY or CNF?

17.3% of Sphere 3D shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Sphere 3D shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of CNFinance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ANY or CNF?

In the previous week, CNFinance had 4 more articles in the media than Sphere 3D. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CNFinance and 1 mentions for Sphere 3D. Sphere 3D's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CNFinance's score of -0.38 indicating that Sphere 3D is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sphere 3D	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CNFinance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, ANY or CNF?

CNFinance has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere 3D. Sphere 3D is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNFinance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sphere 3D	$16.61M	0.80	-$23.41M	-$0.52	-0.98
CNFinance	$1.11B	0.05	$23.26M	$0.31	2.20

Do analysts rate ANY or CNF?

Sphere 3D currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 491.72%. Given Sphere 3D's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sphere 3D is more favorable than CNFinance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sphere 3D	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CNFinance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANY or CNF?

Sphere 3D received 272 more outperform votes than CNFinance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.60% of users gave Sphere 3D an outperform vote while only 56.55% of users gave CNFinance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sphere 3D	Outperform Votes 354 73.60%	Underperform Votes 127 26.40%
CNFinance	Outperform Votes 82 56.55%	Underperform Votes 63 43.45%

Summary

Sphere 3D and CNFinance tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.