UPST vs. SOFI, COOP, CLSK, QFIN, WD, RIOT, LU, PWP, CIFR, and SII
Should you be buying Upstart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upstart include SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), CleanSpark (CLSK), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
SoFi Technologies has a net margin of -8.21% compared to Upstart's net margin of -32.59%. SoFi Technologies' return on equity of 1.10% beat Upstart's return on equity.
Upstart currently has a consensus price target of $26.78, indicating a potential upside of 13.90%. SoFi Technologies has a consensus price target of $9.08, indicating a potential upside of 31.83%. Given SoFi Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoFi Technologies is more favorable than Upstart.
Upstart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SoFi Technologies. SoFi Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upstart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 22 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 13 mentions for Upstart. SoFi Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Upstart's score of 0.02 indicating that SoFi Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Upstart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Upstart received 1 more outperform votes than SoFi Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.43% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
Upstart has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SoFi Technologies beats Upstart on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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