QD vs. VEL, RWAY, CORZ, CCAP, WULF, HUT, LDI, MDBH, GHI, and LX
Should you be buying Qudian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qudian include Velocity Financial (VEL), Runway Growth Finance (RWAY), Core Scientific (CORZ), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), 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.
Qudian (NYSE:QD) and Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Qudian has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Velocity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Qudian. Velocity Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qudian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.1% of Qudian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Qudian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Velocity Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Qudian had 2 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Qudian and 1 mentions for Velocity Financial. Velocity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Qudian's score of 0.18 indicating that Velocity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Velocity Financial has a consensus target price of $17.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.10%. Given Velocity Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Velocity Financial is more favorable than Qudian.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 52.16% compared to Qudian's net margin of 47.30%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 14.02% beat Qudian's return on equity.
Qudian received 380 more outperform votes than Velocity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.09% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 67.81% of users gave Qudian an outperform vote.
Summary
Velocity Financial beats Qudian on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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