China Finance Online Co. Limited (JRJC) vs Netcapital Inc. (NCPL)

China Finance Online Co. Limited and Netcapital Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Netcapital Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.1M against $9.7M — 1.1× the size. China Finance Online Co. Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.7% against −9.00%. China Finance Online Co. Limited has the higher net margin (−26.4% vs −3,804.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −28.4%). Across the 18 metrics below, China Finance Online Co. Limited leads on 11 and Netcapital Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
P/E n/m n/m 15.78
P/S 0.09 10.32 2.32
P/B 0.82 0.35 1.89
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 6.25
EV/EBITDA 2.48 n/m 8.87
EV/Sales (0.69) 10.05 2.28
Earnings yield (277.58%) (1,138.97%) (3.77%)
Free cash flow yield (2,018.51%) (109.87%) (1.49%)

Profitability

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
Gross margin 64.21% 98.05% 62.80%
Operating margin (27.88%) (1,284.98%) 0.00%
Net margin (26.37%) (3,804.12%) (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (191.43%) (1,134.00%) 0.00%
Return on equity (106.83%) (99.45%) 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% (85.30%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (28.43%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.71% (9.00%) 21.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.38% 28.88% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (17.91%) (13.09%) 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
Debt to equity (4.31) 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 0.91 0.26 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 3.71 0.04 (0.24)

Dividend

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — — 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.00

Size

Metric JRJC NCPL Capital Markets median
Market cap 9.74m 11.07m 724.58m

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