Head-To-Head Analysis: CIMG (IMG) vs. Its Competitors

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) is one of 328 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare CIMG to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

CIMG has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CIMG’s peers have a beta of -3.83, indicating that their average share price is 483% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CIMG and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	-23.59%	-15.90%
CIMG Competitors	-13.54%	-450.68%	-2.55%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for CIMG and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00
CIMG Competitors	2434	8279	8358	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 18.82%. Given CIMG’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CIMG has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CIMG and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$10.30 million	-$4.88 million	-0.06
CIMG Competitors	$6.86 billion	$707.08 million	-2,414.33

CIMG’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than CIMG. CIMG is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

CIMG peers beat CIMG on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About CIMG

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.