NU vs. AXP, COIN, SYF, SOFI, COOP, CLSK, BUR, WD, QFIN, and RIOT
Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include American Express (AXP), Coinbase Global (COIN), Synchrony Financial (SYF), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), CleanSpark (CLSK), Burford Capital (BUR), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), and Riot Platforms (RIOT). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
NU (NYSE:NU) and American Express (NYSE:AXP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
American Express received 1143 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.41% of users gave American Express an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of American Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Express shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NU has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Express has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Express has a net margin of 14.50% compared to NU's net margin of 13.86%. American Express' return on equity of 32.46% beat NU's return on equity.
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than NU. American Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Express had 13 more articles in the media than NU. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Express and 13 mentions for NU. NU's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat American Express' score of 0.86 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NU presently has a consensus price target of $10.74, indicating a potential downside of 10.82%. American Express has a consensus price target of $215.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.67%. Given American Express' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Express is more favorable than NU.
Summary
American Express beats NU on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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