Analyzing Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and JIADE (NASDAQ:JDZG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Afya and JIADE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%
JIADE	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Afya and JIADE, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Afya	3	2	0	0	1.40
JIADE	0	0	0	0	0.00

Afya presently has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.38%. Given Afya’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Afya is more favorable than JIADE.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Afya and JIADE”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Afya	$3.19 billion	0.53	$77.38 million	$1.30	13.87
JIADE	$16.97 million	0.83	N/A	N/A	N/A

Afya has higher revenue and earnings than JIADE.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.0% of Afya shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Afya beats JIADE on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Afya

Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Undergrad, Continuing Education, and Digital Services. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.

About JIADE

JIADE LIMITED specializes in providing one-stop comprehensive education supporting services to adult education institutions, through a wide spectrum of software platform and auxiliary solutions. The Company’s services are primarily offered through the Kebiao Technology Educational Administration Platform. JIADE LIMITED is based in Chengdu, China.