PGY vs. WD, QFIN, RIOT, UPST, PWP, IREN, LU, CORZ, CIFR, and SII
Should you be buying Pagaya Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pagaya Technologies include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Iris Energy (IREN), Lufax (LU), Core Scientific (CORZ), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) and Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 2 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Pagaya Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.48 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Walker & Dunlop received 304 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
Walker & Dunlop presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Pagaya Technologies has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 127.27%. Given Walker & Dunlop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of -10.53%. Pagaya Technologies' return on equity of 9.16% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 6.49, meaning that its share price is 549% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Pagaya Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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