OneConnect Financial Technology (NYSE:OCFT) and Atos Origin (OTCMKTS:AEXAF) Critical Review

OneConnect Financial Technology (NYSE:OCFT) and Atos Origin (OTCMKTS:AEXAF) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares OneConnect Financial Technology and Atos Origin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneConnect Financial Technology	-41.54%	-8.58%	-5.53%
Atos Origin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.1% of OneConnect Financial Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares OneConnect Financial Technology and Atos Origin”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OneConnect Financial Technology	$1.63 billion	0.19	-$63.94 million	($2.59)	-3.05
Atos Origin	$10.36 billion	0.56	$268.39 million	N/A	N/A

Atos Origin has higher revenue and earnings than OneConnect Financial Technology.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for OneConnect Financial Technology and Atos Origin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneConnect Financial Technology	1	1	0	0	1.50
Atos Origin	0	0	0	0	0.00

OneConnect Financial Technology currently has a consensus target price of $7.98, indicating a potential upside of 1.14%. Given OneConnect Financial Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OneConnect Financial Technology is more favorable than Atos Origin.

Summary

Atos Origin beats OneConnect Financial Technology on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OneConnect Financial Technology

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. provides cloud-platform-based Fintech solutions, and online information and operating support services for financial institutions in the People's Republic of China. It operates in Technology Solutions and Virtual Bank Business segments. The company offers Gamma Platform, which offers a toolbox of separate solution modules that provide technology infrastructure and underlying technologies; marketing management platform, developed from AI Banker App, provides banks relationship managers with technology that supports in managing their acquisition and relationships with retail customers; and wealth management platform that provides banks with tools to enhance the efficiency of their wealth management business. It also provides intelligent product development platform for banks, which allows to shorten product development cycle, enhance speed to market, and facilitate product portfolio management; Regtech, an end-to-end regulatory solution for financial regulatory authorities; asset-liability management solution provides analytics to enhance financial institutions asset liquidity performance; and digital insurance solutions for digitalizing the insurance process, marketing, customer management, and claim processing under intelligent property and casualty insurance and life insurance solution. In addition, the company provides Gamma Voice Solution, an AI customer service for support customer service functions; and Gamma FinCloud, which allows entities with expensive-to-replace legacy systems to directly migrate to the cloud to securely maintain their data. Further, it offers information transmission, information technology advisory, E-commerce security certificate administration, technology promotion and computer application, software and technology, insurance survey and loss adjustment, and asset management and consulting services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.

About Atos Origin

Atos SE provides digital transformation solutions and services worldwide. It offers advanced computing solutions; analytics, artificial intelligence, and automation solutions; cloud solutions; customer journey analytics and digital customer experience; decarbonization solutions; digital consulting; digital workplace solutions; edge computing and Internet of things solutions; and modern applications and platforms. The company also provides advance detection and response, data protection and governance, digital workplace security, IoT and OT security, trusted digital identities, and cybersecurity solutions; and infrastructure and foundation services. It serves financial services and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, public sector and defense, resources and services, and telecommunication and media industries. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Bezons, France.