Critical Review: Ucommune International (NASDAQ:UK) vs. Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR)

Ucommune International (NASDAQ:UK) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Ucommune International and Broadridge Financial Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ucommune International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Broadridge Financial Solutions	10.57%	41.79%	11.21%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ucommune International and Broadridge Financial Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ucommune International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Broadridge Financial Solutions	0	5	3	0	2.38

Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus target price of $226.71, suggesting a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Ucommune International.

Risk and Volatility

Ucommune International has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.9% of Ucommune International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Ucommune International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ucommune International and Broadridge Financial Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ucommune International	$64.76 million	0.01	-$690,000.00	N/A	N/A
Broadridge Financial Solutions	$6.51 billion	4.14	$698.10 million	$5.78	39.85

Broadridge Financial Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ucommune International.

Summary

Broadridge Financial Solutions beats Ucommune International on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ucommune International

Ucommune International Ltd manages and provides agile office spaces in China. It operates self-operated and asset-light models. The company also provides individual services, such as catering, fitness, healthcare, training, and entertainment; general corporate services, such as corporate secretary, human resources, legal, finance, IT support, and tax services; incubation and corporate venturing services; design and build services; advertising and branding services; and related services. It serves individuals and enterprises. The company operates under the Ucommune brand. Ucommune International Ltd was founded in 2015 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Broadridge Financial Solutions

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. provides investor communications and technology-driven solutions for the financial services industry. The company's Investor Communication Solutions segment processes and distributes proxy materials to investors in equity securities and mutual funds, as well as facilitates related vote processing services; and distributes regulatory reports, class action, and corporate action/reorganization event information, as well as tax reporting solutions. It also offers ProxyEdge, an electronic proxy delivery and voting solution; data-driven solutions and an end-to-end platform for content management, composition, and omni-channel distribution of regulatory, marketing, and transactional information, as well as mutual fund trade processing services; solutions for public corporations and mutual funds; data and analytics solutions; SEC filing and capital markets transaction services; registrar, stock transfer, and record-keeping services; and omni-channel customer communications solutions, as well as operates Broadridge Communications Cloud platform that creates, delivers, and manages communications and customer engagement activities. Its Global Technology and Operations segment provides solutions that automate the front-to-back transaction lifecycle of equity, mutual fund, fixed income, foreign exchange and exchange-traded derivatives, order capture and execution, trade confirmation, margin, cash management, clearing and settlement, reference data management, reconciliations, securities financing and collateral management, asset servicing, compliance and regulatory reporting, portfolio accounting, and custody-related services. This segment also offers business process outsourcing services; technology solutions, such portfolio management, compliance, fee billing, and operational support solutions; and capital market and wealth and investment management solutions. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.