COOP vs. LU, WD, SII, AVTA, MAIN, KRC, TFSL, BXMT, AEL, and FHI
Should you be buying Mr. Cooper Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mr. Cooper Group include Lufax (LU), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Sprott (SII), Avantax (AVTA), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Kilroy Realty (KRC), TFS Financial (TFSL), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), and Federated Hermes (FHI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Mr. Cooper Group vs.
Lufax (NYSE:LU) and Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Lufax has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lufax presently has a consensus price target of $2.51, suggesting a potential upside of 85.06%. Mr. Cooper Group has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.75%. Given Lufax's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lufax is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.
In the previous week, Mr. Cooper Group had 4 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group and 4 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than Mr. Cooper Group. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.2% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Lufax's net margin of 8.18%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 4.94% beat Lufax's return on equity.
Mr. Cooper Group received 148 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
Summary
Mr. Cooper Group beats Lufax on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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