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$14.95 +0.44 (+3.03%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

NCTY vs. OPFI, SPFI, FFWM, SMBK, SHBI, MSBI, HONE, PFIS, ALRS, and QD

Should you be buying The9 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The9 include OppFi (OPFI), South Plains Financial (SPFI), First Foundation (FFWM), SmartFinancial (SMBK), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and Qudian (QD). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

The9 vs.

OppFi (NYSE:OPFI) and The9 (NASDAQ:NCTY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

OppFi has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The9 has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, OppFi had 3 more articles in the media than The9. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for OppFi and 4 mentions for The9. The9's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat OppFi's score of 0.40 indicating that The9 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OppFi
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The9
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

The9 received 90 more outperform votes than OppFi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.00% of users gave OppFi an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave The9 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OppFiOutperform Votes
17
68.00%
Underperform Votes
8
32.00%
The9Outperform Votes
107
58.79%
Underperform Votes
75
41.21%

7.1% of OppFi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of The9 shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.0% of OppFi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of The9 shares are owned 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.

OppFi has a net margin of 1.40% compared to The9's net margin of 0.00%. OppFi's return on equity of 35.04% beat The9's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OppFi1.40% 35.04% 12.09%
The9 N/A N/A N/A

OppFi currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.73%. Given OppFi's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OppFi is more favorable than The9.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OppFi
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
The9
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

The9 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OppFi.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OppFi$523.16M1.19-$1M$0.1645.19
The9$25.22M5.33$2.82MN/AN/A

Summary

OppFi beats The9 on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NCTY vs. The Competition

MetricThe9Nondepository credit institutions IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$134.40M$8.00B$26.06B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A5.15%2.79%4.23%
P/E RatioN/A18.77238.1117.20
Price / Sales5.3311.323,356.81117.04
Price / CashN/A57.6335.8237.85
Price / Book2.752.398.154.78
Net Income$2.82M$468.09M$685.86M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-14.47%-7.12%0.42%-1.23%
1 Month Performance35.17%-6.99%5.20%0.46%
1 Year Performance70.47%21.33%22.39%15.24%

The9 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCTY
The9
0.5166 of 5 stars
$14.95
+3.0%
N/A+69.9%$134.40M$25.22M0.0050High Trading Volume
OPFI
OppFi
0.8582 of 5 stars
$7.48
+1.9%
$7.50
+0.3%
+65.8%$644.88M$523.16M45.88570News Coverage
SPFI
South Plains Financial
3.2878 of 5 stars
$39.27
+1.6%
$36.00
-8.3%
+21.5%$643.64M$291.26M15.04680Positive News
FFWM
First Foundation
3.4174 of 5 stars
$7.29
-0.1%
$7.80
+7.0%
-32.1%$600.44M$46.26M-6.53563Analyst Revision
SMBK
SmartFinancial
2.1723 of 5 stars
$34.14
+0.4%
$29.50
-13.6%
+26.2%$577.85M$163.79M17.54550
SHBI
Shore Bancshares
2.7183 of 5 stars
$17.14
+1.1%
$20.00
+16.7%
+14.5%$571.23M$197.90M13.59610
MSBI
Midland States Bancorp
4.6938 of 5 stars
$26.50
+0.2%
$27.33
+3.1%
-10.7%$567.10M$470.89M11.45970Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
HONE
HarborOne Bancorp
2.8188 of 5 stars
$12.84
flat
$13.00
+1.2%
+0.8%$565.63M$160.14M45.89640Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PFIS
Peoples Financial Services
1.8295 of 5 stars
$56.25
+0.6%
$50.00
-11.1%
+8.1%$562.22M$113.63M54.02400
ALRS
Alerus Financial
4.457 of 5 stars
$22.09
+0.2%
$23.20
+5.0%
-10.7%$559.72M$170.07M137.75840Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
QD
Qudian
1.4886 of 5 stars
$2.70
-3.9%
N/A+37.9%$541.62M$17.79M70.25940News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:NCTY) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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