Comparing Intchains Group (NASDAQ:ICG) & e.Digital (OTCMKTS:EDIG)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for e.Digital and Intchains Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

Intchains Group has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 155.81%. Given Intchains Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intchains Group is more favorable than e.Digital.

Volatility & Risk

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

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
e.Digital	$700,000.00	0.04	-$1.27 million	N/A	N/A
Intchains Group	$80.47 million	3.20	-$3.78 million	($0.10)	-43.00

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

Summary

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

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.

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.