Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH – Get Free Report) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
83.9% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Highest Performances and Ameriprise Financial, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Highest Performances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Ameriprise Financial | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.40 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Highest Performances and Ameriprise Financial”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Highest Performances | $15.78 million | 13.31 | -$6.01 million | N/A | N/A |
Ameriprise Financial | $16.28 billion | 2.69 | $2.56 billion | $29.38 | 14.99 |
Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Highest Performances.
Profitability
This table compares Highest Performances and Ameriprise Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Highest Performances | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ameriprise Financial | 18.64% | 73.83% | 1.94% |
Risk & Volatility
Highest Performances has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameriprise Financial beats Highest Performances on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Ameriprise Financial
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services to individual and institutional clients in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Retirement & Protection Solutions, and Corporate & Other. The Advice & Wealth Management segment provides financial planning and advice; brokerage products and services for retail and institutional clients; discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory accounts; mutual funds; insurance and annuities products; cash management and banking products; and face-amount certificates. The Asset Management segment offers investment management, advice, and products to retail, high net worth, and institutional clients through third-party financial institutions, advisor networks, direct retail, and its institutional sales force under the Columbia Threadneedle Investments brand name. This segment products include U.S. mutual funds and their non-U.S. equivalents, exchange-traded funds, variable product funds underlying insurance, and annuity separate accounts; and institutional asset management products, such as traditional asset classes, separately managed accounts, individually managed accounts, collateralized loan obligations, hedge funds, collective funds, and property and infrastructure funds. The Retirement & Protection Solutions segment provides variable annuity products, as well as life and disability income insurance products to retail clients. The company was formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation and changed its name to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in September 2005. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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