FG Nexus Inc (FGNX) vs U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW)

FG Nexus Inc and U.S. Global Investors, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. FG Nexus Inc and U.S. Global Investors, Inc. are of similar size ($36.3M and $36.0M). FG Nexus Inc has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; U.S. Global Investors, Inc. trades at 11.4×. FG Nexus Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 132.4% against 21.3%. U.S. Global Investors, Inc. has the higher net margin (29.8% vs −4,953.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.89% vs −156.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. leads on 12 and FG Nexus Inc on 7.

Valuation

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
P/E n/m 11.43 14.62
P/S 19.42 3.65 2.97
P/B 0.98 0.83 0.94
Price to free cash flow 0.98 54.91 8.93
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 10.32
EV/Sales 10.03 1.19 5.72
Earnings yield (219.83%) 8.75% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 101.82% 1.82% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin (4,197.71%) (5.82%) 33.03%
Net margin (4,953.93%) 29.80% 13.53%
Free cash flow margin 1,977.11% 6.64% 12.44%
Return on equity (253.13%) 6.76% 4.83%
Return on assets (149.18%) 6.36% 1.57%
Return on invested capital (156.27%) (1.89%) 3.04%

Growth

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 132.37% 21.28% 6.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (312.21%) 900.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (13.89%) 12.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (37.47%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
Debt to equity 0.03 0.00 0.42
Current ratio 6.80 19.71 1.28
Net debt to EBITDA 0.18 42.87 1.06

Dividend

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
Dividend yield — 3.26% 6.92%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.43 0.77

Size

Metric FGNX GROW Asset Management median
Market cap 36.25m 36.03m 721.34m

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