CORZ vs. WD, QFIN, RIOT, LU, UPST, PWP, CIFR, SII, IREN, and ML
Should you be buying Core Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Scientific include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Sprott (SII), Iris Energy (IREN), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than Core Scientific.
81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Core Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Core Scientific had 6 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Core Scientific and 2 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Walker & Dunlop's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Core Scientific's score of 0.79 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. Walker & Dunlop's return on equity of 9.16% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.
Core Scientific presently has a consensus target price of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 50.88%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop received 303 more outperform votes than Core Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Core Scientific on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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