Open Lending (LPRO) Competitors

Open Lending (NASDAQ:LPRO) and BitFuFu (NASDAQ:FUFU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Is LPRO or FUFU more profitable?

BitFuFu has a net margin of 8.17% compared to Open Lending's net margin of 4.78%. BitFuFu's return on equity of 40.15% beat Open Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Open Lending	4.78%	2.15%	1.20%
BitFuFu	8.17%	40.15%	13.55%

Which has more volatility and risk, LPRO or FUFU?

Open Lending has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BitFuFu has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LPRO or FUFU?

In the previous week, Open Lending had 12 more articles in the media than BitFuFu. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Open Lending and 3 mentions for BitFuFu. BitFuFu's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Open Lending's score of 0.32 indicating that BitFuFu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Open Lending	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BitFuFu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LPRO or FUFU?

78.1% of Open Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of BitFuFu shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Open Lending shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of BitFuFu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LPRO or FUFU?

Open Lending received 77 more outperform votes than BitFuFu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BitFuFu an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Open Lending an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Open Lending	Outperform Votes 81 57.04%	Underperform Votes 61 42.96%
BitFuFu	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LPRO or FUFU?

Open Lending has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BitFuFu. Open Lending is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BitFuFu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Open Lending	$24.02M	6.38	$22.07M	-$1.14	-1.12
BitFuFu	$463.33M	1.15	$10.49M	$0.35	9.34

Do analysts prefer LPRO or FUFU?

Open Lending presently has a consensus price target of $4.62, suggesting a potential upside of 260.68%. BitFuFu has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 114.07%. Given Open Lending's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Open Lending is more favorable than BitFuFu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Open Lending	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
BitFuFu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Open Lending and BitFuFu tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.