Trinity Capital (TRIN) Competitors

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

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

83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of Trinity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Axos Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Trinity Capital shares are held by 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.

Is AX or TRIN 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
Axos Financial	22.10%	18.67%	1.89%
Trinity Capital	40.73%	15.90%	7.14%

Do analysts recommend AX or TRIN?

Axos Financial presently has a consensus price target of $84.17, suggesting a potential upside of 32.99%. Trinity Capital has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.47%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Trinity Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axos Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Trinity Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AX or TRIN?

Axos Financial received 48 more outperform votes than Trinity Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.54% of users gave Trinity Capital an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axos Financial	Outperform Votes 101 53.16%	Underperform Votes 89 46.84%
Trinity Capital	Outperform Votes 53 53.54%	Underperform Votes 46 46.46%

Which has more volatility and risk, AX or TRIN?

Axos Financial has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Capital has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AX or TRIN?

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
Axos Financial	$1.20B	3.02	$450.01M	$7.44	8.51
Trinity Capital	$175.49M	5.75	$76.89M	$2.06	7.79

Does the media favor AX or TRIN?

In the previous week, Axos Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Trinity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Axos Financial and 3 mentions for Trinity Capital. Axos Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Trinity Capital's score of 0.79 indicating that Axos Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Axos Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Axos Financial beats Trinity Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.