Jiayin Group Inc.

JFIN

Jiayin Group Inc. provides online consumer finance services in the People's Republic of China. The company operates a fintech platform that facilitates connections between individual borrowers and financial institutions. It also offers loan products with fixed terms and repayment schedules; guarantee services; referral services for investment products offered by third-party financial service providers; technology development services; and commercial services. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

About the company

Country: Cayman IslandsPrice: $1.37Market Cap: $71.7M

Investment snapshot

81%positive consensus

Scored 1d ago

Positive

BUY / PASS

Neutral / negative

2 / 1

NEUTRAL / FAIL

Median fair value

$12.52

+813.6% vs price

Models with upside

10 / 16

Positive margin of safety

Strongest signal

JFIN undervalued: all 10 models price fair value above $1.37 (median $12.52)

Key risk

2 of 4 pass — Piotroski and Asness object

Framework analysis

Verdict	Meaning
BUY	Positive purchase signal: the framework's buy requirements are met.
PASS	The company clears the framework's checklist or screen, but the framework does not produce a buy signal. For valuation frameworks this often means margin of safety is missing, insufficient, or unavailable; some screen-only frameworks have no intrinsic-value BUY state.
NEUTRAL	Neither a positive nor negative conclusion. It does not mean to hold an existing position.
FAIL	The company does not clear the framework's requirements.
Ranked	Ranked strategies do not use PASS: selected cohort is BUY, outside the cohort is FAIL, and unranked is NEUTRAL.

Current investor scores use trailing 12-month flows and the latest balance sheet where supported. Multi-year and EPS tests retain annual history; each framework shows its financial basis below. Intrinsic values use annual financials.

Metric	Graham Defensive Value	Buffett Quality Compounder	Lynch GARP	Piotroski F-Score	Dreman Contrarian Value	Munger Quality Focus	Pabrai Dhandho Framework	Akre Three-Legged Stool	Marks Risk-Aware Value	Ackman Activist Value	Templeton Global Bargain Hunter	Sleep Scale Economies Shared	Asness Systematic Factors	Neff Low-P/E Total Return	Schloss Asset-Value Discipline	O'Shaughnessy Systematic Factor Composite
Verdict	BUY	PASS	BUY	PASS	BUY	BUY	BUY	BUY	BUY	BUY	BUY	BUY	NEUTRAL	FAIL	BUY	NEUTRAL
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Intrinsic Value (annual)				N/A								N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Margin of Safety	+96.0%	+98.2%	+98.7%	N/A	+97.3%	+96.6%	+97.9%	+99.0%	+96.0%	+97.2%	+76.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Financial Basis	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-04-28 Score computed: 2026-11-14

Where It Passes

Valuation models100% pass✓ 10▾
JFIN undervalued: all 10 models price fair value above $1.37 (median $12.52)
Graham fair value$8.47
✓Graham+96.0% margin vs $1.37
Buffett fair value$18.57
✓Buffett+98.2% margin vs $1.37
Lynch fair value$26.26
✓Lynch+98.7% margin vs $1.37
Dreman fair value$12.92
✓Dreman+97.3% margin vs $1.37
Munger fair value$10.16
✓Munger+96.6% margin vs $1.37
Pabrai fair value$16.15
✓Pabrai+97.9% margin vs $1.37
Akre fair value$32.67
✓Akre+99.0% margin vs $1.37
Marks fair value$8.52
✓Marks+96.0% margin vs $1.37
Ackman fair value$12.11
✓Ackman+97.2% margin vs $1.37
Templeton fair value$1.47
✓Templeton+76.7% margin vs $1.37
Verdicts93% pass✓ 13✗ 1▾
Split decision: 11 BUY · 2 PASS · 2 NEUTRAL · 1 FAIL
Overall verdict
✓GrahamBUY (5/7)✓BuffettPASS (3/6)✓LynchBUY (3/4)✓PiotroskiPASS (F-Score 3)✓DremanBUY (7/9)✓MungerBUY (3/3)✓PabraiBUY (3/3)✓AkreBUY (4/5)✓MarksBUY (4/4)✓AckmanBUY (7/8)✓TempletonBUY (7/8)✓SleepBUY (6/6)•AsnessNEUTRAL (Not ranked)✗NeffFAIL (3/6)✓SchlossBUY (5/7)•OshaughnessyNEUTRAL (Not ranked)
Growth88% pass✓ 11✗ 1▾
7 of 8 pass — Neff objects
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)100.0%
✓Graham>= 33% growth
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)0.01
✓Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR42.4%
✓Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
EPS Growth Direction$0.41 (2017) -> $1.05 (2025)
✓DremanPositive over recent years
EPS CAGR12.4% CAGR over 8 years
✓Dreman> 5% annualized
Positive Net Income Frequency9/9 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
3yr Median Revenue Growth11.9%
✓Ackman>= 5%
Positive EPS Growth Frequency4/5 years with positive EPS growth
✓AckmanPositive EPS growth in >= 3 of last 5 years
5-Year EPS CAGR42.4% CAGR over 5 years
✓Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendrevenue up, operating margin 24.4% -> 28.9%
✓SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
5-year Revenue CAGR34.9%
✓SleepCAGR > 7%
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR42.4% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized
Cash Flow80% pass✓ 10✗ 2▾
8 of 10 pass — Lynch and Piotroski object
Free Cash Flow Proxy$159.0M
✓BuffettPositive and growing
FCF Positive and Growing$88.9M
✗LynchPositive and growing
Operating Cash Flow$179.7M
✓PiotroskiCFO > 0
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=14.36%, ROA=17.54%
✗PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Price / (CFO / Shares)0.4x
✓Dreman< 8x
P/E or FCF YieldP/E=0.3x, FCF Yield=124.1%
✓PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
FCF Positive6/9 years FCF positive
✓MarksPositive FCF in majority of recent years
(OCF - CapEx) / Market Cap124.3%
✓Ackman>= 4%
Price / FCF per Share0.8x
✓Ackman<= 25
Positive Operating Cash Flow frequency7/9 years positive
✓SleepPositive OCF in >= 70% of available years
Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures$88.9M
✓Neff> $0 (app proxy for a strong fundamental case)
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization+124.07%; #47/4519 (top 1.0%)
✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Valuation75% pass✓ 23✗ 3▾
9 of 12 pass — Neff, Schloss and Oshaughnessy object
Price / 3-yr avg EPS0.4x
✓Graham<= 15x
Price-to-Tangible-Book Ratio0.1x
✓Graham<= 1.5x
P/E x P/TBV0.00
✓Graham<= 22.5
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)0.01
✓Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
Price / EPS0.3x
✓Dreman< 12x✓Templeton< 12x (fixed ceiling; proxy for the market's cheapest 40%)
Price / (CFO / Shares)0.4x
✓Dreman< 8x
Price / Tangible Book Value per Share0.1x
✓Dreman< 1.2x✓SchlossP/TBV <= 1.00x (app cutoff)
Valuation ReasonablenessP/E=0.3x, OE Yield=194.1%
✓MungerP/E < 25 or Owner Earnings Yield > 5%
P/E or FCF YieldP/E=0.3x, FCF Yield=124.1%
✓PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
P/B or P/E vs. Historical AverageP/E=0.3x, P/B=0.1x
✓MarksP/E < 15 or P/B < 2.0
Discount to Intrinsic Value97.3% (IV=$12.92 vs Price=$0.34)
✓Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Price / FCF per Share0.8x
✓Ackman<= 25
Price vs. Trailing Low105% of trailing low ($0.33)
✓Templeton<= 120% of trailing low (certified split-adjusted live window)
Price / Book Value per Share0.1x
✓Templeton< 1.5x✓SchlossP/B <= 0.80x (app cutoff)
Net income / market capitalization+306.19%; #47/6340 (top 0.7%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Positive book equity / market capitalization+8.8384; #200/6449 (top 3.1%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Price / Diluted EPS0.3x
✓NeffP/E <= 15x (app proxy for a P/E 40%-60% below the market)
(EPS CAGR % + Dividend Yield %) / P/E
✗Neff> 0.7 (Neff's published traditional edge)
Book Value per Share Change
✗SchlossLatest BVPS >= earliest BVPS over >= 3 years (app rule)
Revenue / market capitalization+12.4057; #287/5247 (top 5.5%)
✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization+124.07%; #47/4519 (top 1.0%)
✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Trailing six-month price return through the evaluation date-67.30%; #5598/6202 (top 90.3%)
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Profitability69% pass✓ 26✗ 9▾
11 of 16 pass — Graham, Buffett, Piotroski +2 more object
Positive EPS (10 years)9/10 years positive
✗GrahamPositive EPS every year for 10 years
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)100.0%
✓Graham>= 33% growth
Net Income Positive (10+ years)9/10 years positive
✗BuffettPositive every year for 10+ years
ROE (up to 5-year arithmetic mean)382.4%
✓Buffett> 15% arithmetic mean (app rule)
Operating Margin (10-yr trend)28.9% (latest)
✓BuffettStable or rising over 10 years
Free Cash Flow Proxy$159.0M
✓BuffettPositive and growing
Earnings Variance (10-yr CoV)0.48
✗BuffettCoV < 0.3
Retained Earnings Effectiveness
✗Buffett$1 retained -> > $1 market value created
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)0.01
✓Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR42.4%
✓Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
ROE34.6%
✓Lynch> 15%
Net Income / Total Assets17.54%
✓PiotroskiROA > 0
ROA Change YoY19.53% -> 17.54% (delta: -1.99%)
✗PiotroskiCurrent ROA > Prior ROA
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=14.36%, ROA=17.54%
✗PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Pre-Tax Income / Revenue30.1%
✓Dreman>= 8%
Net Income / Shareholders' Equity34.6%
✓Dreman> 12%
Return on Equity34.6%
✓Munger> 15%✓AkreROE > 20% (3-year avg)
Margin of SafetyP/E=0.3x, P/TBV=0.1x
✓PabraiP/TBV < 1.5 or P/E < 15
ROE (high and growing)FY2023: ROE=54.5%; FY2024: ROE=33.8%; FY2025: ROE=34.6%
✓AkreLatest 3 consecutive FYs: ROE > 15% in each
Discount to Intrinsic Value97.3% (IV=$12.92 vs Price=$0.34)
✓Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Positive Net Income Frequency9/9 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
Operating Income / Revenue28.9%
✓Ackman>= 15%
Net Income / Shareholders Equity34.6%
✓Ackman>= 15%
5-Year EPS CAGR42.4% CAGR over 5 years
✓Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Operating Margin Trend24.4% (2023) -> 28.9% (2025)
✓TempletonNon-negative operating-margin trend over 3 years
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendrevenue up, operating margin 24.4% -> 28.9%
✓SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
ROE (5-year)5/5 years above 12% (latest 34.6%)
✓SleepROE > 12% in a majority of years
Net income / market capitalization+306.19%; #47/6340 (top 0.7%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✓OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Gross profit / total assets
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Net income / positive book equity+34.64%; #369/5226 (top 7.1%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Negative 5-year standard deviation of ROA-0.1217; #3716/5884 (top 63.2%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR42.4% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized
Positive Diluted-EPS Years9/9 years positive
✓Schloss>= 70% positive over 5-10 observed years (app rule)
Efficiency67% pass✓ 2✗ 1▾
2 of 3 pass — Piotroski objects
Revenue / Total Assets Change YoY1.07x -> 0.71x
✗PiotroskiImproved YoY
Reinvestment Rate x ROIC34.6% (RR=100% x ROIC=34.6%)
✓AkreReinvestment Rate * ROIC > 10%
ROE (5-year)5/5 years above 12% (latest 34.6%)
✓SleepROE > 12% in a majority of years

Where It Falls Short

Debt & Leverage50% pass✓ 3✗ 2▾
2 of 4 pass — Piotroski and Asness object
LT Debt / Total Assets Change0.00% -> 5.89%
✗PiotroskiDecreased YoY
Total Debt / Shareholders' Equity0.15
✓Templeton< 1.0 (fixed cap; proxy for below-sector-median leverage)✓SchlossD/E < 1.00x
Negative debt-to-equity (higher means less debt)-0.1514; #1510/4210 (top 35.9%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Current Assets / Current Liabilities1.88x
✓SchlossCurrent ratio >= 1.50x (app cutoff)

Business & financials

Financial snapshot: annual FY 2025. Current investor scores may use newer quarterly data.

Company Profile

Industry: Banking

SIC Sector: Credit Institutions

Size: Micro Cap($71.7M)

Revenue: $889.4M+11.9% YoY

Net Income: $219.5M+51.6% YoY

Financial Snapshot

Operating Margin28.9%

Return on Equity34.6%

Debt / Equity0.15

Current Ratio1.88

EPS (Diluted)$1.05+54.3% 1y

Buybacks (1y)$15.8M

Buybacks (2y)$23.1M

Shares Retired1.7% / 2.4% 2y

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Sector-adjusted criteria: Bank

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Shareholder Return

Fiscal 2025

Retired 1.7% of shares last year, 2.4% over two.

Buybacks: $15.8M
Dividends: —

What drove EPS

A buyback raises earnings per share without the company earning more. This splits each year's change into the two.

FY22

130.0% = 128.7% + 0.6%

FY23

8.3% = 7.8% + 0.5%

FY24

−20.1% = −20.7% + 0.7%

FY25

54.3% = 51.6% + 1.7%

Earnings Fewer shares More shares

The two parts do not sum exactly to the total — the difference is the cross-term, plus preferred capital where the company has any. It is left visible rather than distributed into the other two.

Share count is the denominator the filer used for diluted EPS, recovered as net income ÷ EPS — not the balance-sheet count, which is a point-in-time figure and would put the timing difference into this split. Years with a loss are omitted: a smaller share count makes a loss per share larger, so the decomposition inverts.

Company Financials

Latest TTM and quarters alongside annual years

TTM sums four consecutive quarters and uses the latest quarter-end balances. Quarter columns show three-month results; annual columns show full-year totals. Growth compares the same period a year earlier. EPS is not added for TTM; full-year ratios are blank for quarters.

Metric	FY 2025 Sources 20-F · 2026-04-28	FY 2024 Sources 20-F · 2025-04-28	FY 2023 Sources 20-F · 2024-04-29	FY 2022 Sources 20-F · 2023-04-28	FY 2021 Sources 20-F · 2023-04-28
Market Cap	$71.7Mcurrent	$1.6Best.	$972.1Mest.	$573.8Mest.	$334.8Mest.
Revenue	$889.4M↑12%	$794.9M↑3%	$769.2M↑64%	$469.8M↑68%	$279.4M
Operating Income	$256.9M↑50%	$171.0M↓9%	$187.5M↑10%	$169.8M↑150%	$67.8M
Net Income	$219.5M↑52%	$144.8M↓21%	$182.6M↑8%	$169.4M↑129%	$74.1M
EPS (Diluted)	$1.05↑54%	$0.68↓20%	$0.85↑8%	$0.79↑130%	$0.34
Gross Margin	—	—	—	—	—
Operating Margin	28.9%↑34%	21.5%↓12%	24.4%↓33%	36.1%↑49%	24.3%
ROE	34.6%↑3%	33.8%↓38%	54.5%↓43%	94.9%↓94%	1694.3%
Total Debt	$95.9M	--	--	--	--
Shareholders' Equity	$633.6M↑48%	$428.8M↑28%	$335.2M↑88%	$178.5M↑3983%	$4.4M
Current Ratio	1.88↓5%	1.98	—	—	—
Debt / Equity	0.15	—	—	—	—
Operating Cash Flow	$179.7M↓8%	$195.3M↑256%	$54.8M↑186%	$19.2M↓34%	$29.0M
Free Cash Flow	$88.9M↓5%	$94.0M↑87%	$50.4M↑202%	$16.7M↓42%	$28.5M

Score history

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Revenue$889.4MBottom 25%

Net Income$219.5MBottom 25%

ROE34.6%Top 25%

D/E0.15Median

Op. Margin28.9%Median

Curr. Ratio1.88

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BARCLAYS BANK PLCATMP	$82.1B	$35.04	$13.1B	$6.3B	7.5%	0.01	—	—	2/7	1/6	0/4	F-Score 7	4/9
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