Financial Analysis: Nisun International Enterprise Development Group (NASDAQ:AIOS) and CGI Group (NYSE:GIB)

CGI Group (NYSE:GIB) and Nisun International Enterprise Development Group (NASDAQ:AIOS) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CGI Group and Nisun International Enterprise Development Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CGI Group	$11.38 billion	1.40	$1.19 billion	$5.83	12.90
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group	$5.07 million	0.59	-$220.91 million	N/A	N/A

CGI Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nisun International Enterprise Development Group.

Risk & Volatility

CGI Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nisun International Enterprise Development Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for CGI Group and Nisun International Enterprise Development Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CGI Group	1	6	0	0	1.86
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

CGI Group presently has a consensus target price of $83.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.23%. Given CGI Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CGI Group is more favorable than Nisun International Enterprise Development Group.

Profitability

This table compares CGI Group and Nisun International Enterprise Development Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CGI Group	10.54%	18.83%	9.83%
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

66.7% of CGI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Nisun International Enterprise Development Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Nisun International Enterprise Development Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CGI Group beats Nisun International Enterprise Development Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CGI Group

CGI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and business process services. Its services include the business and strategic IT consulting, systems integration, and software solutions. The company also provides application development, modernization and maintenance, holistic enterprise digitization, automation, hybrid and cloud management, and business process services; intellectual property-based solutions; business consulting; managed IT services; and IT infrastructure services. It serves clients operating in government, banking and capital market, health, utility, communication and media, oil and gas, space, manufacturing, insurance, life sciences, retail and consumer service, and transportation and logistics sectors. The company operates in Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Australia, Finland, Poland, Baltics, the Netherlands, Denmark, Czech Republic, India, the Philippines, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Western and Southern Europe; Australia; Scandinavia; Finland, Poland, and Baltics; the United States; the United Kingdom; and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as CGI Group Inc. and changed its name to CGI Inc. in January 2019. CGI Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

About Nisun International Enterprise Development Group

Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd, an investment holding company, provides technology-driven integrated supply chain solutions for enterprises and financial institutions in the People’s Republic of China and internationally. It offers professional solutions for technology supply chain management, technology asset routing, and digital transformation of tech and finance institutions. The company also provides a range of technology-driven customized financing solutions to small- and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance SMEs’ access to capital through its closed-loop ecosystem built on fintech platforms; and direct banking solutions to small- and medium-sized commercial banks and other financial institutions in their distribution and management of direct banking and other financial products. Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd has a strategic collaboration with Henan Wanbang International Agricultural Products Logistics Co., Ltd. for cooperation on businesses related to the agricultural field; and with Yingkou Yongxiang Logistics Co., Ltd. The company was formerly known as Hebron Technology Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd in September 2020. Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.