Critical Contrast: Patria Investments (NYSE:PAX) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH)

Patria Investments (NYSE:PAX) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Patria Investments has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highest Performances has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Patria Investments and Highest Performances’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patria Investments	36.70%	35.95%	18.68%
Highest Performances	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Patria Investments and Highest Performances, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patria Investments	0	0	0	0	N/A
Highest Performances	0	0	0	0	N/A

Patria Investments presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.44%. Given Patria Investments’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Patria Investments is more favorable than Highest Performances.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.3% of Patria Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are owned by company 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Patria Investments and Highest Performances’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Patria Investments	$327.60 million	2.21	$118.40 million	$0.78	15.74
Highest Performances	$15.78 million	109.90	-$6.01 million	N/A	N/A

Patria Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Highest Performances.

Summary

Patria Investments beats Highest Performances on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Patria Investments

Patria Investments Limited operates as a private market investment firm focused on investing in Latin America. The company offers asset management services to investors focusing on private equity funds, infrastructure development funds, co-investments funds, constructivist equity funds, and real estate and credit funds. Patria Investments Limited was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.

About Highest Performances

Highest Performances Holdings Inc. engages in the provision of financial technology services in China. The company distributes publicly raised fund and privately raised securities investment fund products through online and offline. It also offers insurance consulting, trust consulting, asset management, wealth management, and other ancillary services. The company was formerly known as Puyi Inc. and changed its name to Highest Performances Holdings Inc. in March 2024. Highest Performances Holdings Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.