Head to Head Survey: American Express (NYSE:AXP) vs. Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV)

Integrated Ventures (OTCMKTS:INTV) and American Express (NYSE:AXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.3% of American Express shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Integrated Ventures shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Express shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Integrated Ventures and American Express’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integrated Ventures	-76.05%	N/A	-77.88%
American Express	15.32%	32.46%	3.51%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Integrated Ventures and American Express”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integrated Ventures	$5.86 million	1.50	-$11.52 million	($0.79)	-2.15
American Express	$60.52 billion	3.51	$8.37 billion	$13.59	22.16

American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Integrated Ventures. Integrated Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Integrated Ventures has a beta of 3.17, indicating that its share price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Express has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Integrated Ventures and American Express, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integrated Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00
American Express	4	13	8	0	2.16

American Express has a consensus price target of $253.09, indicating a potential downside of 15.98%. Given American Express’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Express is more favorable than Integrated Ventures.

Summary

American Express beats Integrated Ventures on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Integrated Ventures

Integrated Ventures, Inc. engages in the mining of digital currency. The company manufactures and sells mining equipment and mining rigs; as well as develops blockchain software. It also provides transaction verification services for digital currency networks of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Quant, and Dogecoin. The company is based in Tioga, Pennsylvania.

About American Express

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and Internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company’s products and services include credit card, charge card, banking, and other payment and financing products; network services; expense management products and services; and travel and lifestyle services. It also provides merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. In addition, the company operates lounges at airports under Centurion Lounge brand name. It sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, affiliate marketing, customer referral programs, third-party service providers and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house sales teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.