WT vs. NAVI, AC, TIGR, GAMI, OPY, VIRT, PIPR, FRHC, LADR, and FCF
Should you be buying WisdomTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WisdomTree include Navient (NAVI), Associated Capital Group (AC), UP Fintech (TIGR), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Oppenheimer (OPY), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Freedom (FRHC), Ladder Capital (LADR), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
WisdomTree (NYSE:WT) and Navient (NASDAQ:NAVI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
78.6% of WisdomTree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Navient shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of WisdomTree shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Navient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Navient had 1 more articles in the media than WisdomTree. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Navient and 4 mentions for WisdomTree. Navient's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat WisdomTree's score of 0.01 indicating that Navient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Navient received 411 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave WisdomTree an outperform vote while only 48.68% of users gave Navient an outperform vote.
WisdomTree has a net margin of 29.80% compared to Navient's net margin of 3.93%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 16.31% beat Navient's return on equity.
Navient has higher revenue and earnings than WisdomTree. Navient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WisdomTree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WisdomTree has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navient has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Navient pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. WisdomTree pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navient pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
WisdomTree currently has a consensus target price of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 14.47%. Navient has a consensus target price of $16.10, indicating a potential upside of 3.21%. Given WisdomTree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than Navient.
Summary
WisdomTree beats Navient on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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