Analyzing Abacus Global Management (NYSE:ABX) & Eightco (NASDAQ:ORBS)

Abacus Global Management (NYSE:ABX) and Eightco (NASDAQ:ORBS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Abacus Global Management and Eightco, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abacus Global Management	0	3	1	1	2.60
Eightco	1	0	0	0	1.00

Abacus Global Management presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.51%. Given Abacus Global Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Abacus Global Management is more favorable than Eightco.

Risk & Volatility

Abacus Global Management has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eightco has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Abacus Global Management and Eightco”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abacus Global Management	$235.24 million	3.38	$36.53 million	$0.28	29.05
Eightco	$32.98 million	11.05	-$262.01 million	($0.22)	-3.85

Abacus Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Eightco. Eightco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abacus Global Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.9% of Eightco shares are held by institutional investors. 46.4% of Abacus Global Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Eightco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Abacus Global Management and Eightco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abacus Global Management	10.55%	21.03%	10.19%
Eightco	-1,260.96%	-78.14%	-74.31%

Summary

Abacus Global Management beats Eightco on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Abacus Global Management

Abacus Life, Inc. operates as an alternative asset manager specializing in life insurance products. It purchases life insurance policies from consumers seeking liquidity and manages policies over time via trading, holding, and/or servicing. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

About Eightco

Eightco Holdings Inc. provides bitcoin mining equipment and co-location services. It also manufactures and sells container boards, corrugated products, and specialty paper products in North America. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Safety Harbor, Florida.