LX vs. HIVE, GHI, MFIN, XYF, MDBH, SNFCA, CNF, BTM, ARBK, and OPRT
Should you be buying LexinFintech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LexinFintech include HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), Medallion Financial (MFIN), X Financial (XYF), MDB Capital (MDBH), Security National Financial (SNFCA), CNFinance (CNF), Bitcoin Depot (BTM), Argo Blockchain (ARBK), and Oportun Financial (OPRT). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ:HIVE) and LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
LexinFintech received 227 more outperform votes than HIVE Digital Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave HIVE Digital Technologies an outperform vote.
LexinFintech has a net margin of 8.15% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of -57.15%. HIVE Digital Technologies' return on equity of 11.24% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.
In the previous week, HIVE Digital Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than LexinFintech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HIVE Digital Technologies and 0 mentions for LexinFintech. LexinFintech's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat HIVE Digital Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that HIVE Digital Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HIVE Digital Technologies has a beta of 3.5, meaning that its share price is 250% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LexinFintech has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of HIVE Digital Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than HIVE Digital Technologies. HIVE Digital Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LexinFintech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HIVE Digital Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $5.17, suggesting a potential upside of 69.40%. LexinFintech has a consensus target price of $2.66, suggesting a potential upside of 55.56%. Given LexinFintech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HIVE Digital Technologies is more favorable than LexinFintech.
Summary
LexinFintech beats HIVE Digital Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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