UPBD vs. MARA, QBTS, WSC, AMTM, LIF, RELY, GLOB, FTDR, STNE, and TNET
Should you be buying Upbound Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upbound Group include MARA (MARA), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Amentum (AMTM), Life360 (LIF), Remitly Global (RELY), Globant (GLOB), Frontdoor (FTDR), StoneCo (STNE), and TriNet Group (TNET). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Upbound Group vs.
MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
MARA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upbound Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MARA currently has a consensus target price of $20.83, indicating a potential upside of 26.34%. Upbound Group has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.54%. Given Upbound Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than MARA.
MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of 2.86%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 35.47% beat MARA's return on equity.
44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, MARA had 30 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MARA and 7 mentions for Upbound Group. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat MARA's score of 0.46 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MARA received 305 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.78% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.
MARA has a beta of 6.61, meaning that its stock price is 561% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Upbound Group beats MARA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UPBD) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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