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$28.14 +1.78 (+6.75%)
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SOFI vs. AFRM, HOOD, PYPL, UPST, BAC, LC, BBVA, SMFG, IBN, and BMO

Should you be buying SoFi Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SoFi Technologies include Affirm (AFRM), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), PayPal (PYPL), Upstart (UPST), Bank of America (BAC), LendingClub (LC), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), ICICI Bank (IBN), and Bank Of Montreal (BMO).

SoFi Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) are both large-cap banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

69.3% of Affirm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Affirm shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SoFi Technologies has a net margin of 18.38% compared to Affirm's net margin of 1.62%. SoFi Technologies' return on equity of 4.44% beat Affirm's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Affirm1.62% 1.80% 0.49%
SoFi Technologies 18.38%4.44%0.78%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Affirm$3.24B7.69$52.19M$0.13589.62
SoFi Technologies$2.67B12.60$498.67M$0.4858.63

Affirm has a beta of 3.58, indicating that its stock price is 258% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 37 more articles in the media than Affirm. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 5 mentions for Affirm. Affirm's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat SoFi Technologies' score of 0.95 indicating that Affirm is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Affirm
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SoFi Technologies
23 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Affirm presently has a consensus target price of $82.65, suggesting a potential upside of 7.83%. SoFi Technologies has a consensus target price of $20.18, suggesting a potential downside of 28.30%. Given Affirm's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Affirm is more favorable than SoFi Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Affirm
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
SoFi Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

Summary

Affirm beats SoFi Technologies on 10 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

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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SOFI vs. The Competition

MetricSoFi TechnologiesFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.56B$8.13B$12.73B$10.65B
Dividend YieldN/A4.82%5.52%4.75%
P/E Ratio58.6316.5930.2026.85
Price / Sales12.606.1830.01135.13
Price / Cash67.0428.1622.6661.77
Price / Book4.722.782.296.70
Net Income$498.67M$313.50M$1.02B$276.44M
7 Day Performance9.24%2.20%0.23%2.48%
1 Month Performance8.40%9.73%0.27%8.79%
1 Year Performance234.60%27.97%539.31%34.41%

SoFi Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
2.3503 of 5 stars
$28.14
+6.8%
$20.18
-28.3%
+240.3%$31.56B$2.67B58.635,000Trending News
Options Volume
AFRM
Affirm
3.0162 of 5 stars
$73.08
-4.5%
$80.04
+9.5%
+98.6%$24.93B$3.24B562.202,206News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HOOD
Robinhood Markets
3.1477 of 5 stars
$143.18
+4.7%
$105.63
-26.2%
+521.8%$121.50B$2.95B72.682,300Trending News
Insider Trade
PYPL
PayPal
4.6706 of 5 stars
$67.06
-3.8%
$84.50
+26.0%
-7.0%$66.57B$31.80B14.3324,400Trending News
Gap Up
UPST
Upstart
4.11 of 5 stars
$50.80
-3.7%
$81.08
+59.6%
+26.3%$5.07B$636.53M-635.001,193
BAC
Bank of America
4.9356 of 5 stars
$51.58
-1.6%
$52.63
+2.0%
+25.7%$388.27B$192.43B15.08213,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LC
LendingClub
4.2356 of 5 stars
$15.20
-5.6%
$16.57
+9.0%
+36.4%$1.85B$787.01M23.751,002High Trading Volume
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
2.2942 of 5 stars
$19.28
+1.3%
N/A+74.9%$111.10B$39.82B10.15125,916Positive News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.3935 of 5 stars
$16.76
-0.5%
N/A+23.9%$108.26B$66.82B17.64123,000Positive News
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.6814 of 5 stars
$30.26
-0.2%
N/A+7.6%$108.24B$22.68B18.68182,665Stock Split
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.9269 of 5 stars
$130.27
+0.4%
$168.00
+29.0%
+41.6%$92.79B$58.27B15.9453,597

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This page (NASDAQ:SOFI) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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