UPST vs. SOFI, COOP, CLSK, BUR, WD, QFIN, RIOT, PWP, IREN, and CORZ
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), Burford Capital (BUR), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Iris Energy (IREN), and Core Scientific (CORZ). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) and Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Upstart has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Upstart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SoFi Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 29.95%. Upstart has a consensus price target of $21.65, suggesting a potential downside of 11.96%. Given Upstart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoFi Technologies is more favorable than Upstart.
In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 13 mentions for Upstart. Upstart's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat SoFi Technologies' score of -0.03 indicating that SoFi Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upstart has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Upstart received 1 more outperform votes than SoFi Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.15% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote while only 32.21% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
SoFi Technologies has a net margin of -8.21% compared to SoFi Technologies' net margin of -32.59%. Upstart's return on equity of 1.10% beat SoFi Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
SoFi Technologies beats Upstart on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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