LU vs. WD, CLSK, PWP, SII, LDI, HUT, CCAP, COOP, LXP, and MGRC
Should you be buying Lufax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lufax include Walker & Dunlop (WD), CleanSpark (CLSK), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), loanDepot (LDI), Hut 8 (HUT), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), and McGrath RentCorp (MGRC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lufax (NYSE:LU) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than Walker & Dunlop. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Walker & Dunlop had 1 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Walker & Dunlop and 2 mentions for Lufax. Walker & Dunlop's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Lufax's score of 0.00 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lufax currently has a consensus price target of $6.91, indicating a potential upside of 46.49%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Lufax's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lufax is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop received 295 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Lufax's net margin of -2.17%. Walker & Dunlop's return on equity of 9.16% beat Lufax's return on equity.
Lufax has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.1% of Lufax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lufax pays out -178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker & Dunlop pays out 94.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lufax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Lufax on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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