Consumer Portfolio Services (NASDAQ:CPSS) vs. BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) Head-To-Head Analysis

Consumer Portfolio Services (NASDAQ:CPSS) and BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Consumer Portfolio Services and BitFuFu”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Consumer Portfolio Services	$201.17 million	1.13	$45.34 million	$0.87	12.16
BitFuFu	$452.74 million	1.95	$10.49 million	N/A	N/A

Consumer Portfolio Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BitFuFu.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Consumer Portfolio Services and BitFuFu, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Consumer Portfolio Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
BitFuFu	0	0	1	0	3.00

BitFuFu has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.63%. Given BitFuFu’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BitFuFu is more favorable than Consumer Portfolio Services.

Profitability

This table compares Consumer Portfolio Services and BitFuFu’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Consumer Portfolio Services	5.59%	7.59%	0.67%
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%

Risk and Volatility

Consumer Portfolio Services has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BitFuFu has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

47.6% of Consumer Portfolio Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of BitFuFu shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of Consumer Portfolio Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BitFuFu beats Consumer Portfolio Services on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Consumer Portfolio Services

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It is involved in the purchase and service of retail automobile contracts originated by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans. The company, through its automobile contract purchases, offers indirect financing to the customers of dealers with limited credit histories or past credit problems. It also serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, facilitating sales to customers who are not able to obtain financing from commercial banks, credit unions, and the captive finance companies. In addition, the company acquires installment purchase contracts in merger and acquisition transactions; purchases immaterial amounts of vehicle purchase money loans from non-affiliated lenders. It services its automobile contracts through its branches in California, Nevada, Virginia, Florida, and Illinois. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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.