Contrasting Envestnet (NYSE:ENV) and Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI)

Envestnet (NYSE:ENV) and Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Envestnet and Kingold Jewelry, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Envestnet	0	7	1	0	2.13
Kingold Jewelry	0	0	0	0	0.00

Envestnet presently has a consensus price target of $61.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.00%. Given Kingold Jewelry’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kingold Jewelry is more favorable than Envestnet.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Envestnet and Kingold Jewelry”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Envestnet	$1.34 billion	2.61	-$238.72 million	($4.77)	-13.24
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kingold Jewelry has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Envestnet.

Risk & Volatility

Envestnet has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingold Jewelry has a beta of 41.98, suggesting that its stock price is 4,098% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Envestnet and Kingold Jewelry’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Envestnet	-19.56%	20.65%	6.21%
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Envestnet beats Kingold Jewelry on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Envestnet

Envestnet, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wealth management software and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Envestnet Wealth Solutions and Envestnet Data & Analytics. The Envestnet Wealth Solutions segment offers Envestnet | Enterprise, an end-to-end open architecture wealth management platform, as well as offers data aggregation and reporting, data analytics, and digital advice capabilities; Envestnet | Wealth Analytics that transforms data into actionable intelligence; Envestnet | Tamarac which provides trading, rebalancing, portfolio accounting, performance reporting, and client relationship management software; and Envestnet | MoneyGuide that provides goals-based financial planning solutions to the financial services industry. This segment also provides Envestnet | Workplace Solutions which offers a suite of services for advisor-sold retirement plans; Envestnet | PMC that offer research and consulting services to assist advisors in creating investment solutions, and portfolio overlay and tax optimization services; and Envestnet | Billing Solutions which provides revenue management and hosted fee-billing solutions. The Envestnet Data & Analytics segment provides Envestnet Data & Analytics, a data aggregation, analytics, and digital experiences platform that provides clients and their account holders with data connectivity via open APIs, data enrichment, AI-based analytics, and digital experiences. It serves retail banks, credit unions, credit card providers, wealth management financial advisors and institutions, financial technology innovators, financial advisory firms, research and analyst firms, personal financial management, small business accounting, e-commerce, payment solutions providers, small business lending, and authentication customers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

About Kingold Jewelry

Kingold Jewelry, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells 24-karat gold jewelry and Chinese ornaments in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers a range of in-house designed products, including gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, gold bars, and pendants. It also invests in gold. The company sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, and retailers under the Kingold brand. Kingold Jewelry, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Wuhan, the People’s Republic of China.