Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) vs. CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) Financial Survey

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Savers Value Village shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Savers Value Village 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for CIMG and Savers Value Village, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	0	0	0	0	0.00
Savers Value Village	0	3	5	1	2.78

Savers Value Village has a consensus price target of $12.29, indicating a potential upside of 18.47%. Given Savers Value Village’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Savers Value Village is more favorable than CIMG.

Profitability

This table compares CIMG and Savers Value Village’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	N/A	N/A
Savers Value Village	1.59%	8.13%	1.82%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CIMG and Savers Value Village”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$3.35 million	2.93	-$8.75 million	($7.37)	-0.04
Savers Value Village	$1.54 billion	1.05	$29.03 million	$0.15	69.13

Savers Value Village has higher revenue and earnings than CIMG. CIMG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savers Value Village, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

CIMG has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savers Value Village has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Savers Value Village beats CIMG on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CIMG

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.

About Savers Value Village

Savers Value Village, Inc. sells second-hand merchandise in retail stores in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It operates stores under the Savers, Value Village, Value Village Boutique, Village des Valeurs, Unique, and 2nd Avenue brands. The company purchases secondhand textiles, including clothing, bedding, and bath items; shoes; accessories; housewares; books; and other goods from non-profit partners and then processes, selects, prices, merchandises, and sells them in its stores. It serves retail and wholesale customers. The company was formerly known as S-Evergreen Holding LLC and changed its name to Savers Value Village, Inc. in January 2022. Savers Value Village, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.