Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

Trinity Capital (NASDAQ:TRIN) and Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer TRIN or AX?

Trinity Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Axos Financial has a consensus price target of $83.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Trinity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Axos Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRIN or AX?

Axos Financial received 49 more outperform votes than Trinity Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.65% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote while only 53.47% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 54 53.47%	Underperform Votes 47 46.53%
Axos Financial	Outperform Votes 103 53.65%	Underperform Votes 89 46.35%

Is TRIN or AX more profitable?

Trinity Capital has a net margin of 40.73% compared to Axos Financial's net margin of 22.10%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 18.67% beat Trinity Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%
Axos Financial	22.10%	18.67%	1.89%

Does the media prefer TRIN or AX?

In the previous week, Axos Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Axos Financial and 11 mentions for Trinity Capital. Axos Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.67 indicating that Axos Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Capital	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axos Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TRIN or AX?

Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axos Financial has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TRIN or AX?

Axos Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Capital. Trinity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axos Financial, 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
Trinity Capital	$175.49M	5.09	$76.89M	$2.06	6.91
Axos Financial	$1.20B	3.13	$450.01M	$7.44	8.81

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TRIN or AX?

24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Axos Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Axos Financial beats Trinity Capital on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.