Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) versus Eshallgo (NASDAQ:EHGO) Financial Analysis

Eshallgo (NASDAQ:EHGO) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Eshallgo and Upbound Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eshallgo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Upbound Group	0	2	2	1	2.80

Upbound Group has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.59%. Given Upbound Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than Eshallgo.

Profitability

This table compares Eshallgo and Upbound Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eshallgo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Upbound Group	2.86%	35.47%	8.18%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Eshallgo and Upbound Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eshallgo	$16.96 million	1.34	$10,000.00	N/A	N/A
Upbound Group	$4.32 billion	0.33	-$5.18 million	$2.21	11.27

Eshallgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.3% of Upbound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Upbound Group beats Eshallgo on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eshallgo

Eshallgo Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale and leasing of office equipment and after-sale maintenance and repair services in the People’s Republic of China. The company also sells office furniture, IT products, water dispensers, printing papers, and other products, as well as provides maintenance services with enterprise resource planning systems. It serves private and public sector businesses, as well as large enterprises and institutions. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China.

About Upbound Group

Upbound Group, Inc. leases household durable goods to customers on a lease-to-own basis in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Rent-A-Center, Acima, Mexico, and Franchising. The company's brands, such as Rent-A-Center and Acima that facilitate consumer transactions across a range of store-based and virtual channels. It offers furniture comprising mattresses, tires, consumer electronics, appliances, tools, handbags, computers, smartphones, and accessories. It also provides merchandise on an installment sales basis; and the lease-to-own transaction to consumers who do not qualify for traditional financing, the lease to-own transaction through staffed or unstaffed kiosks located in third-party retailer's locations, and other virtual options. It operates retail installment sales stores under the Get It Now and Home Choice names; lease-to-own and franchised lease-to-own stores under the Rent-A-Centre, ColorTyme, and RimTyme names; and company-owned stores and e-commerce platform through rentacenter.com. The company was formerly known as Rent-A-Center, Inc. and changed its name to Upbound Group, Inc. in February 2023. Upbound Group, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is based in Plano, Texas.