Sphere 3D Corp. (DRK) vs China Finance Online Co. Limited (JRJC)

Sphere 3D Corp. and China Finance Online Co. Limited are both Capital Markets companies. Sphere 3D Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $22.9M against $9.7M — 2.3× the size. China Finance Online Co. Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.7% against −10.3%. China Finance Online Co. Limited has the higher net margin (−26.4% vs −332.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −156.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, China Finance Online Co. Limited leads on 11 and Sphere 3D Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
P/E n/m n/m 14.20
P/S 1.09 0.09 2.00
P/B 0.75 0.82 1.51
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 6.36
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield (420.08%) (277.58%) (3.94%)
Free cash flow yield (211.78%) (2,018.51%) (1.62%)

Profitability

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
Gross margin 18.17% 64.21% 62.80%
Operating margin (330.82%) (27.88%) 0.00%
Net margin (332.50%) (26.37%) (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (156.61%) (191.43%) 0.00%
Return on equity (137.72%) (106.83%) 0.00%
Return on assets (108.96%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (156.52%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.31%) 12.71% 20.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (53.54%) 17.38% 22.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.19% (17.91%) 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 (4.31) 0.08
Current ratio 1.03 0.91 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.46 3.71 (0.24)

Dividend

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — — 1.36%
Payout ratio — — 0.19

Size

Metric DRK JRJC Capital Markets median
Market cap 22.85m 9.74m 565.91m

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