Critical Comparison: CFN Enterprises (CNFN) & Its Peers

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CFN Enterprises and its peers 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	165.69

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CFN Enterprises and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CFN Enterprises	0	0	0	0	N/A
CFN Enterprises Competitors	341	1644	2587	40	2.50

As a group, “Advertising Agencies” companies have a potential upside of 33.29%. Given CFN Enterprises’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CFN Enterprises has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.3% of shares of all “Advertising Agencies” companies are held by institutional investors. 40.8% of CFN Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of shares of all “Advertising Agencies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

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

CFN Enterprises Company Profile

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.