Core Scientific (CORZ) Competitors

$3.83
+0.25 (+6.98%)
(As of 05/15/2024 ET)

CORZ vs. VEL, QD, CCAP, RWAY, WULF, HUT, LDI, MDBH, GHI, and LX

Should you be buying Core Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Scientific include Velocity Financial (VEL), Qudian (QD), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Runway Growth Finance (RWAY), TeraWulf (WULF), Hut 8 (HUT), loanDepot (LDI), MDB Capital (MDBH), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), and LexinFintech (LX). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.

Core Scientific vs.

Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) and Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, Core Scientific had 6 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Core Scientific and 2 mentions for Velocity Financial. Core Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Velocity Financial's score of 0.27 indicating that Core Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Core Scientific
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Velocity Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Velocity Financial has a net margin of 52.16% compared to Core Scientific's net margin of 0.00%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 14.02% beat Core Scientific's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Core ScientificN/A N/A N/A
Velocity Financial 52.16%14.02%1.41%

Velocity Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Core Scientific.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Core Scientific$502.40M1.36N/AN/AN/A
Velocity Financial$107.75M5.44$52.27M$1.7010.45

97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Velocity Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Velocity Financial received 82 more outperform votes than Core Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Core Scientific an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Core ScientificOutperform Votes
14
40.00%
Underperform Votes
21
60.00%
Velocity FinancialOutperform Votes
96
68.09%
Underperform Votes
45
31.91%

Core Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 76.24%. Velocity Financial has a consensus price target of $17.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.93%. Given Core Scientific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Core Scientific is more favorable than Velocity Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Core Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Velocity Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Velocity Financial beats Core Scientific on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CORZ vs. The Competition

MetricCore ScientificNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$680.90M$6.43B$9.30B$7.99B
Dividend YieldN/A5.27%9.88%3.93%
P/E RatioN/A10.9948.6918.72
Price / Sales1.367.19311.6279.42
Price / CashN/A29.7616.9331.18
Price / BookN/A1.893.184.47
Net IncomeN/A$434.66M$997.79M$217.24M
7 Day Performance-1.79%2.11%1.31%1.98%
1 Month Performance40.81%8.64%4.17%4.34%
1 Year Performance994.29%34.71%19.22%10.91%

Core Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VEL
Velocity Financial
0.9216 of 5 stars
$17.71
+0.6%
$17.25
-2.6%
+96.4%$584.25M$107.75M10.42253
QD
Qudian
0 of 5 stars
$2.42
-3.6%
N/A+61.5%$562.05M$17.79M242.00215Short Interest ↑
CCAP
Crescent Capital BDC
2.767 of 5 stars
$17.51
-0.4%
$17.75
+1.4%
+31.8%$648.92M$184.13M7.65N/ADividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
RWAY
Runway Growth Finance
3.2542 of 5 stars
$13.25
+0.4%
$13.25
+10.5%$536.76M$164.21M12.052,020
WULF
TeraWulf
3.4526 of 5 stars
$2.33
-3.7%
$3.66
+57.0%
+34.2%$704.21M$69.23M0.0010Gap Up
HUT
Hut 8
2.6052 of 5 stars
$8.19
-7.5%
$12.33
+50.6%
+372.2%$732.87M$73.90M-2.98219Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
LDI
loanDepot
0.2825 of 5 stars
$2.28
-1.3%
$2.25
-1.3%
+27.8%$736.65M$974.02M-3.624,250
MDBH
MDB Capital
0 of 5 stars
$8.81
-1.6%
N/AN/A$384.46M$4.23M0.0040Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GHI
Greystone Housing Impact Investors
2.2076 of 5 stars
$15.58
-0.4%
$19.50
+25.2%
-3.9%$358.65M$104.90M7.52N/A
LX
LexinFintech
4.1521 of 5 stars
$1.86
+1.1%
$2.66
+43.0%
-26.8%$302.68M$1.84B2.163,872Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:CORZ) was last updated on 5/16/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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