Financial Analysis: Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH) versus U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW)

U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

23.6% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares U.S. Global Investors and Highest Performances’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Global Investors	$15.07 million	2.45	$3.15 million	$0.12	22.08
Highest Performances	$15.78 million	81.40	-$6.01 million	N/A	N/A

U.S. Global Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Highest Performances.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for U.S. Global Investors and Highest Performances, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Global Investors	0	0	0	0	N/A
Highest Performances	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares U.S. Global Investors and Highest Performances’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Global Investors	13.08%	3.05%	2.87%
Highest Performances	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

U.S. Global Investors has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highest Performances has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

U.S. Global Investors beats Highest Performances on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About U.S. Global Investors

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. It primarily provides its services to investment companies. The firm is a large advisory firm, an investment adviser to an investment company which provides portfolio management for investment companies. The firm manages and launches equity/balanced funds, fixed income funds and other funds. It also manages hedge funds. The firm primarily invests in no-load mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs). U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is based in San Antonio, Texas.

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.