CFN Enterprises (CNFN) & The Competition Critical Review

CFN Enterprises (OTCMKTS:CNFN) is one of 90 public companies in the “Advertising Agencies” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare CFN Enterprises to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

45.3% of shares of all “Advertising Agencies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 40.8% of CFN Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of shares of all “Advertising Agencies” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

CFN Enterprises has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CFN Enterprises’ peers have a beta of 1.01, indicating that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CFN Enterprises and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CFN Enterprises	-115.89%	N/A	-76.49%
CFN Enterprises Competitors	-4.03%	-1,008.73%	-1.21%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for CFN Enterprises and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CFN Enterprises	0	0	0	0	N/A
CFN Enterprises Competitors	341	1643	2587	40	2.50

As a group, “Advertising Agencies” companies have a potential upside of 36.58%. Given CFN Enterprises’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CFN Enterprises has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CFN Enterprises and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CFN Enterprises	$3.54 million	-$15.19 million	-1.45
CFN Enterprises Competitors	$1.78 billion	$78.88 million	169.39

CFN Enterprises’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than CFN Enterprises. CFN Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

CFN Enterprises peers beat CFN Enterprises on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

About CFN Enterprises

CFN Enterprises Inc. engages in the sponsored content and marketing business in the United States. The company sets up and manages compliant and turnkey ad campaigns, as well as runs sponsored content, including articles, press releases, videos, podcasts, advertisements and other media, email advertisements, and other marketing campaigns for public and private companies. It also operates various media platforms, including CannabisFN.com, CFNMediaNews.com, and other venues to educate and inform investors interested in the cannabis industry; and distributes content across various online platforms, such as the CannabisFN.com website, press releases, financial news syndicates, search engines, YouTube, iTunes, Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and others. In addition, the company is involved in the white label manufacturing and co-packing business; and cannabidiol manufacturing business. It serves cannabis, hemp, and wellness industries. The company was formerly known as Accelerize Inc. and changed its name to CFN Enterprises Inc. in October 2019. CFN Enterprises Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Whitefish, Montana.