LDI vs. UPST, PWP, CIFR, SII, IREN, ML, CORZ, BITF, PGY, and HUT
Should you be buying loanDepot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of loanDepot include Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Sprott (SII), Iris Energy (IREN), MoneyLion (ML), Core Scientific (CORZ), Bitfarms (BITF), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), and Hut 8 (HUT). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
loanDepot has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than loanDepot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upstart received 19 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.16% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
loanDepot has a beta of 3.54, meaning that its stock price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upstart has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.31%. Upstart has a consensus price target of $26.78, indicating a potential upside of 8.32%. Given loanDepot's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Upstart.
loanDepot has a net margin of -10.26% compared to Upstart's net margin of -32.59%. loanDepot's return on equity of -19.52% beat Upstart's return on equity.
In the previous week, Upstart had 3 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Upstart and 10 mentions for loanDepot. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Upstart's score of 0.12 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. 83.0% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Upstart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
loanDepot beats Upstart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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