Financial Review: CURO Group (NYSE:CURO) versus BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU)

CURO Group (NYSE:CURO) and BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Volatility & Risk

CURO Group has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BitFuFu has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.9% of CURO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of BitFuFu shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of CURO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CURO Group and BitFuFu’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CURO Group	-35.34%	N/A	-8.23%
BitFuFu	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CURO Group and BitFuFu, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CURO Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
BitFuFu	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CURO Group and BitFuFu’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CURO Group	$418.33 million	0.01	-$266.73 million	($6.49)	-0.01
BitFuFu	$284.11 million	0.09	$10.49 million	N/A	N/A

BitFuFu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CURO Group.

Summary

BitFuFu beats CURO Group on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CURO Group

CURO Group Holdings Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer finance products in the United States and Canada. The company offers secured and unsecured installment loans, revolving line of credit, and single-pay loans; and credit protection insurance, check cashing, money transfer, foreign currency exchange, and other ancillary financial products and services, as well as reloadable prepaid debit cards and demand deposit accounts. The company also provides loans through online. It operates under the Covington Credit, Heights Finance, Quick Credit, Southern Finance, First Heritage Credit, Cash Money, LendDirect, and Flexiti brands. The company was formerly known as Speedy Group Holdings Corp. and changed its name to CURO Group Holdings Corp. in May 2016. CURO Group Holdings Corp. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About BitFuFu

BitFuFu Inc. provides digital asset mining and cloud-mining services in Singapore. It also offers miner rental, and miner hosting and sales services to institutional customers and individual digital asset enthusiasts. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.