Chewy (NYSE:CHWY – Get Free Report) and Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Risk & Volatility
Chewy has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Future FinTech Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Chewy and Future FinTech Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Chewy | 1.64% | 56.78% | 6.80% |
| Future FinTech Group | -1,038.07% | -303.80% | -192.64% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Chewy | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2.92 |
| Future FinTech Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Chewy currently has a consensus target price of $46.58, indicating a potential upside of 44.80%. Given Chewy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chewy is more favorable than Future FinTech Group.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Chewy and Future FinTech Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Chewy | $11.86 billion | 1.13 | $392.74 million | $0.48 | 67.02 |
| Future FinTech Group | $2.16 million | 7.00 | -$32.96 million | ($13.38) | -0.06 |
Chewy has higher revenue and earnings than Future FinTech Group. Future FinTech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Chewy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Future FinTech Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Chewy beats Future FinTech Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Chewy
Chewy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the pure play e-commerce business in the United States. It provides pet food and treats, pet supplies and pet medications, and other pet-health products, as well as pet services for dogs, cats, fish, birds, small pets, horses, and reptiles through its retail websites and mobile applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Plantation, Florida.
About Future FinTech Group
Future FinTech Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates online shopping platforms in People’s Republic of China. It operates in three segments: Supply Chain Financing Service and Trading Business, Asset Management Service, and Others. The company offers cross-border money transfer service, brokerage and investment banking, and cryptocurrency mining farm business. It also engages in the trading of coal, aluminum ingots, sand, and steel; and E-commerce, digital wallet safety management, blockchain code auditing and operations, cryptocurrency mining, metaverse and big data maintenance services. The company was formerly known as SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. and changed its name to Future FinTech Group Inc. in June 2017. Future FinTech Group Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.
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