e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG) and Intchains Group (NASDAQ:ICG) Head-To-Head Survey

Intchains Group (NASDAQ:ICG) and e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Intchains Group and e.Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intchains Group	0	0	1	0	3.00
e.Digital	0	0	0	0	N/A

Intchains Group currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 154.04%. Given Intchains Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intchains Group is more favorable than e.Digital.

Risk and Volatility

Intchains Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, e.Digital has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Intchains Group and e.Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intchains Group	12.96%	2.57%	2.47%
e.Digital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Intchains Group and e.Digital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intchains Group	$80.47 million	3.23	-$3.78 million	($0.10)	-43.30
e.Digital	$700,000.00	0.04	-$1.27 million	N/A	N/A

e.Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intchains Group.

Summary

Intchains Group beats e.Digital on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intchains Group

Intchains Group Limited designs and sells application-specific integrated circuit chips for blockchain applications in the People's Republic of China. The company also offers ancillary software, hardware, and other products. It serves distributors. Intchains Group Limited was founded in 2017 and is based in Pudong, China.

About e.Digital

e.Digital Corporation engages in developing and marketing an intellectual property portfolio of context and interpersonal awareness systems, advanced data security technologies, secure communication technologies, and other technologies. It is involved in licensing and enforcing its Nunchi portfolio of patents related to context and interpersonal awareness systems; microSignet data security technology based on characteristics in semi-conductors; Synap security system, method, and apparatus to solve the issues of encryption key generation and exchange; and other technologies. The company was formerly known as Norris Communications, Inc. and changed its name to e.Digital Corporation in January 1999. e.Digital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in San Diego, California.