Contrasting Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT)

Kingold Jewelry (OTCMKTS:KGJI) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Kingold Jewelry has a beta of 45.46, meaning that its stock price is 4,446% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Kingold Jewelry and Lyft, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kingold Jewelry	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lyft	0	26	9	1	2.31

Lyft has a consensus target price of $15.65, indicating a potential upside of 37.84%.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kingold Jewelry and Lyft”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lyft	$5.10 billion	0.90	-$340.32 million	($0.47)	-24.15

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kingold Jewelry	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lyft	-1.27%	-8.57%	-0.95%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. 27.3% of Kingold Jewelry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kingold Jewelry beats Lyft on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Lyft

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which connects drivers with riders; Express Drive, a car rental program for drivers; and a network of shared bikes and scooters in various cities to address the needs of riders for short trips. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. The company was formerly known as Zimride, Inc. and changed its name to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Lyft, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.