LX vs. GHI, HIVE, MDBH, QD, XYF, MFIN, SNFCA, CPSS, RWAY, and OPRT
Should you be buying LexinFintech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LexinFintech include Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), MDB Capital (MDBH), Qudian (QD), X Financial (XYF), Medallion Financial (MFIN), Security National Financial (SNFCA), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), Runway Growth Finance (RWAY), and Oportun Financial (OPRT). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE:GHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
LexinFintech has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. LexinFintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greystone Housing Impact Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. LexinFintech pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greystone Housing Impact Investors pays out 78.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, LexinFintech had 3 more articles in the media than Greystone Housing Impact Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LexinFintech and 1 mentions for Greystone Housing Impact Investors. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Greystone Housing Impact Investors' score of -0.71 indicating that LexinFintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LexinFintech currently has a consensus price target of $2.66, indicating a potential upside of 42.78%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a consensus price target of $18.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.16%. Given LexinFintech's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LexinFintech is more favorable than Greystone Housing Impact Investors.
Greystone Housing Impact Investors has a net margin of 45.87% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 8.15%. Greystone Housing Impact Investors' return on equity of 11.65% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.
LexinFintech received 237 more outperform votes than Greystone Housing Impact Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Greystone Housing Impact Investors an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote.
9.0% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Greystone Housing Impact Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Greystone Housing Impact Investors beats LexinFintech on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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