Reviewing Abits Group (NASDAQ:ABTS) & Consumer Portfolio Services (NASDAQ:CPSS)

Profitability

This table compares Consumer Portfolio Services and Abits Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Consumer Portfolio Services	5.59%	7.64%	0.69%
Abits Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Consumer Portfolio Services and Abits Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Consumer Portfolio Services	$352.01 million	0.65	$45.34 million	$0.87	12.63
Abits Group	$1.68 million	12.49	-$12.59 million	N/A	N/A

Consumer Portfolio Services has higher revenue and earnings than Abits Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.6% of Consumer Portfolio Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Abits Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of Consumer Portfolio Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Abits Group 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.

Volatility and Risk

Consumer Portfolio Services has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abits Group has a beta of 2.68, indicating that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Consumer Portfolio Services beats Abits Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Consumer Portfolio Services

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It is involved in the purchase and service of retail automobile contracts originated by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans. The company, through its automobile contract purchases, offers indirect financing to the customers of dealers with limited credit histories or past credit problems. It also serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, facilitating sales to customers who are not able to obtain financing from commercial banks, credit unions, and the captive finance companies. In addition, the company acquires installment purchase contracts in merger and acquisition transactions; purchases immaterial amounts of vehicle purchase money loans from non-affiliated lenders. It services its automobile contracts through its branches in California, Nevada, Virginia, Florida, and Illinois. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About Abits Group

Abits Group Inc. operates in the bitcoin mining business in the United States. The company was formerly known as Moxian (BVI) Inc and changed its name to Abits Group Inc. in November 2023. Abits Group Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.