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DeFi Technologies (DEFT) Competitors

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$2.54 -0.08 (-3.05%)
As of 08/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

DEFT vs. UCB, AVAL, BBAR, EBC, CLSK, DAVE, IREN, FHB, INTR, and BFH

Should you be buying DeFi Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DeFi Technologies include United Community Banks (UCB), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Cleanspark (CLSK), Dave (DAVE), IREN (IREN), First Hawaiian (FHB), Inter & Co. Inc. (INTR), and Bread Financial (BFH). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

DeFi Technologies vs. Its Competitors

DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ:DEFT) and United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCB) are both banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, United Community Banks had 9 more articles in the media than DeFi Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for United Community Banks and 2 mentions for DeFi Technologies. United Community Banks' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat DeFi Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that United Community Banks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DeFi Technologies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
United Community Banks
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

DeFi Technologies has a net margin of 62.45% compared to United Community Banks' net margin of 16.48%. DeFi Technologies' return on equity of 171.79% beat United Community Banks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DeFi Technologies62.45% 171.79% 18.71%
United Community Banks 16.48%8.64%1.04%

United Community Banks has higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Technologies. DeFi Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Community Banks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DeFi Technologies$40.30M21.29-$28.50M$0.298.76
United Community Banks$952.89M3.75$252.40M$2.2013.38

DeFi Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 146.06%. United Community Banks has a consensus price target of $34.57, indicating a potential upside of 17.47%. Given DeFi Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DeFi Technologies is more favorable than United Community Banks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DeFi Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
United Community Banks
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

DeFi Technologies has a beta of 3.93, indicating that its share price is 293% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Community Banks has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

82.3% of United Community Banks shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Community Banks shares are held 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.

Summary

United Community Banks beats DeFi Technologies on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DEFT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DEFT vs. The Competition

MetricDeFi TechnologiesTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$885.07M$2.57B$20.73B$9.57B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%2.83%4.17%
P/E Ratio8.7621.1927.4725.14
Price / Sales21.2987.0367.2786.71
Price / CashN/A49.2828.1858.58
Price / BookN/A6.265.655.59
Net Income-$28.50M$33.53M$197.12M$265.48M
7 Day Performance-3.42%2.38%1.71%1.22%
1 Month Performance-13.01%-4.06%-2.69%0.39%
1 Year PerformanceN/A49.15%33.78%23.47%

DeFi Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DEFT
DeFi Technologies
N/A$2.54
-3.1%
$6.25
+146.1%
N/A$885.07M$40.30M8.7620Gap Up
UCB
United Community Banks
3.4545 of 5 stars
$30.29
-1.6%
$34.57
+14.1%
N/A$3.66B$952.89M14.783,070Positive News
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
3.8987 of 5 stars
$2.82
-0.7%
N/A+48.7%$3.35B$9.07B11.2870,271News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BBAR
BBVA Banco Frances
3.7465 of 5 stars
$16.04
-2.0%
$22.50
+40.3%
+106.8%$3.29B$2.72T9.436,289
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.7326 of 5 stars
$15.36
-2.1%
$19.25
+25.4%
+1.5%$3.27B$1.09B-49.471,998
CLSK
Cleanspark
4.2552 of 5 stars
$11.56
+1.2%
$20.69
+79.1%
-3.2%$3.22B$378.97M-11.94130Earnings Report
DAVE
Dave
3.8787 of 5 stars
$239.26
-0.4%
$243.83
+1.9%
+508.4%$3.17B$347.10M65.53250Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
IREN
IREN
3.5001 of 5 stars
$16.68
+3.3%
$20.89
+25.3%
+174.7%$3.09B$188.76M0.00100News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Down
FHB
First Hawaiian
3.1213 of 5 stars
$24.38
-0.6%
$27.64
+13.4%
+3.3%$3.05B$793.74M12.532,000
INTR
Inter & Co. Inc.
3.0303 of 5 stars
$6.66
-0.7%
$6.37
-4.3%
+22.5%$2.92B$1.31B16.184,333News Coverage
Earnings Report
BFH
Bread Financial
4.1708 of 5 stars
$61.59
-0.3%
$64.42
+4.6%
+28.0%$2.85B$4.80B10.366,000Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:DEFT) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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