LexinFintech (LX) Competitors

LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and Sprott (NYSE:SII) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, LX or SII?

LexinFintech has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LX or SII a better dividend stock?

LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. LexinFintech pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. LexinFintech is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LX or SII?

LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. LexinFintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LexinFintech	$1.84B	0.16	$150.14M	$0.76	2.42
Sprott	$169.02M	6.87	$41.80M	$1.79	25.07

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LX or SII?

LexinFintech received 230 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 37.04% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LexinFintech	Outperform Votes 240 59.70%	Underperform Votes 162 40.30%
Sprott	Outperform Votes 10 37.04%	Underperform Votes 17 62.96%

Does the media refer more to LX or SII?

In the previous week, LexinFintech had 7 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LexinFintech and 1 mentions for Sprott. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Sprott's score of -1.00 indicating that LexinFintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LexinFintech	Positive
Sprott	Negative

Is LX or SII more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 28.76% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 7.02%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.15% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LexinFintech	7.02%	9.63%	3.98%
Sprott	28.76%	15.15%	11.98%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LX or SII?

28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend LX or SII?

LexinFintech presently has a consensus price target of $2.66, indicating a potential upside of 44.57%. Given LexinFintech's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LexinFintech is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LexinFintech	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

LexinFintech and Sprott tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.