LexinFintech (LX) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LX or SII?

28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LX or SII?

LexinFintech has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LX or SII?

In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than LexinFintech. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for LexinFintech. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat LexinFintech's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LexinFintech	Neutral
Sprott	Very Positive

Is LX or SII a better dividend stock?

LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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.

Do analysts prefer LX or SII?

LexinFintech presently has a consensus target price of $2.66, suggesting a potential upside of 49.44%. Given LexinFintech's higher possible upside, 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

Which has higher valuation & 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	2.34
Sprott	$169.02M	6.63	$41.80M	$1.79	24.22

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Summary

Sprott beats LexinFintech on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.