DFDV vs. LC, FINV, VBTX, PWP, CASH, CCB, HIVE, LOB, CLBK, and MBIN
Should you be buying DeFi Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DeFi Development include LendingClub (LC), PPDAI Group (FINV), Veritex (VBTX), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Pathward Financial (CASH), Coastal Financial (CCB), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Columbia Financial (CLBK), and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
DeFi Development vs. Its Competitors
LendingClub (NYSE:LC) and DeFi Development (NASDAQ:DFDV) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.
LendingClub has higher revenue and earnings than DeFi Development. DeFi Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendingClub, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LendingClub has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its stock price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DeFi Development has a beta of -7.62, meaning that its stock price is 862% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DeFi Development had 7 more articles in the media than LendingClub. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for DeFi Development and 4 mentions for LendingClub. DeFi Development's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat LendingClub's score of 0.48 indicating that DeFi Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LendingClub currently has a consensus target price of $16.57, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. DeFi Development has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 153.81%. Given DeFi Development's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DeFi Development is more favorable than LendingClub.
LendingClub has a net margin of 8.36% compared to DeFi Development's net margin of 0.00%. LendingClub's return on equity of 5.66% beat DeFi Development's return on equity.
74.1% of LendingClub shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of DeFi Development shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of LendingClub shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of DeFi Development shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
LendingClub beats DeFi Development on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DFDV) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
