Jiayin Group (JFIN) Competitors

Jiayin Group (NASDAQ:JFIN) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer JFIN or BUR?

Burford Capital has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.18%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Jiayin Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jiayin Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JFIN or BUR?

Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jiayin Group. Jiayin Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jiayin Group	$794.74M	0.86	$144.74M	$3.44	3.72
Burford Capital	$546.09M	5.07	$146.48M	$0.93	13.61

Is JFIN or BUR more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 33.41% compared to Jiayin Group's net margin of 21.66%. Jiayin Group's return on equity of 42.68% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jiayin Group	21.66%	42.68%	23.41%
Burford Capital	33.41%	6.41%	3.35%

Which has more risk & volatility, JFIN or BUR?

Jiayin Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JFIN or BUR a better dividend stock?

Jiayin Group pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Jiayin Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JFIN or BUR?

44.1% of Jiayin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of Jiayin Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer JFIN or BUR?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Jiayin Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Burford Capital and 1 mentions for Jiayin Group. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Jiayin Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jiayin Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Burford Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Burford Capital beats Jiayin Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.