Jiayin Group (JFIN) Competitors

America First Multifamily Investors (NASDAQ:ATAX) and Jiayin Group (NASDAQ:JFIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ATAX or JFIN?

Jiayin Group has higher revenue and earnings than America First Multifamily Investors. America First Multifamily Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jiayin Group, 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
America First Multifamily Investors	$68.50M	0.00	$38.10M	$2.88	N/A
Jiayin Group	$769.99M	0.47	$182.75M	$3.11	2.15

Does the media favor ATAX or JFIN?

In the previous week, Jiayin Group had 3 more articles in the media than America First Multifamily Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Jiayin Group and 0 mentions for America First Multifamily Investors. Jiayin Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat America First Multifamily Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Jiayin Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
America First Multifamily Investors	Neutral
Jiayin Group	Positive

Is ATAX or JFIN more profitable?

America First Multifamily Investors has a net margin of 88.87% compared to Jiayin Group's net margin of 20.00%. Jiayin Group's return on equity of 49.78% beat America First Multifamily Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
America First Multifamily Investors	88.87%	20.85%	4.95%
Jiayin Group	20.00%	49.78%	22.46%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATAX or JFIN?

8.8% of America First Multifamily Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Jiayin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of America First Multifamily Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of Jiayin Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATAX or JFIN a better dividend stock?

America First Multifamily Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share. Jiayin Group pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. America First Multifamily Investors pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jiayin Group pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Jiayin Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATAX or JFIN?

America First Multifamily Investors received 167 more outperform votes than Jiayin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.86% of users gave Jiayin Group an outperform vote while only 46.05% of users gave America First Multifamily Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
America First Multifamily Investors	Outperform Votes 204 46.05%	Underperform Votes 239 53.95%
Jiayin Group	Outperform Votes 37 52.86%	Underperform Votes 33 47.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATAX or JFIN?

America First Multifamily Investors has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jiayin Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Jiayin Group beats America First Multifamily Investors on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.