COOP vs. WD, QFIN, BCOR, GDOT, ATAX, SYF, BSBR, ALLY, BSAC, and WF
Should you be buying Mr. Cooper Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mr. Cooper Group include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Blucora (BCOR), Green Dot (GDOT), America First Multifamily Investors (ATAX), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Ally Financial (ALLY), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), and Woori Financial Group (WF).
Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Mr. Cooper Group had 21 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group and 8 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Walker & Dunlop's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 33.22% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of 8.87%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 14.10% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
Mr. Cooper Group currently has a consensus target price of $91.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus target price of $103.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.48%. Given Mr. Cooper Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mr. Cooper Group is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop received 129 more outperform votes than Mr. Cooper Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.56% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
Mr. Cooper Group has higher revenue and earnings than Walker & Dunlop. Mr. Cooper Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mr. Cooper Group beats Walker & Dunlop on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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