HIVE vs. LX, GHI, SNFCA, XYF, MFIN, MDBH, OPRT, BTM, CNF, and RWAY
Should you be buying HIVE Digital Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HIVE Digital Technologies include LexinFintech (LX), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), Security National Financial (SNFCA), X Financial (XYF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), MDB Capital (MDBH), Oportun Financial (OPRT), Bitcoin Depot (BTM), CNFinance (CNF), and Runway Growth Finance (RWAY). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) and LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
LexinFintech has a net margin of 7.02% compared to HIVE Digital Technologies' net margin of -57.15%. LexinFintech's return on equity of 9.71% beat HIVE Digital Technologies' return on equity.
LexinFintech received 227 more outperform votes than HIVE Digital Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave HIVE Digital Technologies an outperform vote.
LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LexinFintech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HIVE Digital Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 95.71%. LexinFintech has a consensus target price of $2.66, suggesting a potential upside of 42.44%. Given HIVE Digital Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than LexinFintech.
In the previous week, LexinFintech had 10 more articles in the media than HIVE Digital Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for LexinFintech and 3 mentions for HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat LexinFintech's score of 0.34 indicating that HIVE Digital Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.55, meaning that its stock price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LexinFintech has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LexinFintech beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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