LICN vs. AINC, INTJ, HFBL, CIF, JFU, AAME, KFFB, HUIZ, GROW, and SOHO Should you be buying Lichen China stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lichen China include Ashford (AINC), Intelligent Group (INTJ), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (HFBL), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), 9F (JFU), Atlantic American (AAME), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB), Huize (HUIZ), U.S. Global Investors (GROW), and Sotherly Hotels (SOHO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lichen China (NASDAQ:LICN ) and Ashford (NYSE:AINC ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Lichen China has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ashford.
In the previous week, Ashford had 1 more articles in the media than Lichen China. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ashford and 0 mentions for Lichen China. Lichen China's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ashford'saverage media sentiment score.
Ashford received 6 more outperform votes than Lichen China when rated by MarketBeat users.
Lichen China has a beta of -2.69, suggesting that its share price is 369% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashford has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lichen China has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ashford's net margin of -0.55%. Lichen China's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ashford's return on equity.
13.3% of Ashford shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.7% of Ashford shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary Ashford beats Lichen China on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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