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UPST vs. CFG, AFRM, BAP, BCH, SOFI, BSAC, ALLY, CIB, WF, and GGAL

Should you be buying Upstart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upstart include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Affirm (AFRM), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), and Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Upstart vs.

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

Upstart currently has a consensus price target of $67.96, suggesting a potential upside of 18.94%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $47.89, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Upstart's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Upstart is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstart
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Upstart's net margin of -20.20%. Citizens Financial Group's return on equity of 6.75% beat Upstart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstart-20.20% -25.87% -7.95%
Citizens Financial Group 12.21%6.75%0.68%

Citizens Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upstart$714.41M7.61-$128.58M-$0.75-76.19
Citizens Financial Group$7.77B2.36$1.51B$3.1513.33

Upstart has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Citizens Financial Group received 487 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.88% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 32.43% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UpstartOutperform Votes
60
32.43%
Underperform Votes
125
67.57%
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
547
61.88%
Underperform Votes
337
38.12%

63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Upstart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Upstart had 1 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Upstart and 6 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Upstart's score of 0.70 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Upstart
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Citizens Financial Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats Upstart on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UPST vs. The Competition

MetricUpstartNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.44B$8.03B$11.69B$8.64B
Dividend YieldN/A4.38%5.50%4.19%
P/E Ratio-39.1421.6623.1120.18
Price / Sales7.617.5526.97164.91
Price / CashN/A42.1517.6234.64
Price / Book8.453.122.864.73
Net Income-$128.58M$517.73M$1.04B$248.08M
7 Day Performance12.08%4.38%1.22%4.47%
1 Month Performance21.26%10.79%2.67%10.83%
1 Year Performance139.88%24.44%540.48%15.09%

Upstart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPST
Upstart
4.1558 of 5 stars
$57.25
-0.3%
$67.96
+18.7%
+133.5%$5.43B$714.41M-39.091,880
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8434 of 5 stars
$40.01
-0.9%
$47.89
+19.7%
+21.0%$17.49B$7.77B13.2018,900Positive News
AFRM
Affirm
1.8515 of 5 stars
$52.89
+1.9%
$64.70
+22.3%
+104.1%$17.06B$3.01B-81.382,550Analyst Forecast
BAP
Credicorp
3.7511 of 5 stars
$214.38
+1.2%
$211.00
-1.6%
+33.1%$17.05B$21.79B11.6637,000Positive News
BCH
Banco de Chile
1.7298 of 5 stars
$30.16
-0.2%
$23.00
-23.7%
+28.4%$15.23B$3.04T12.0212,300
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
1.7062 of 5 stars
$13.68
+2.8%
$14.36
+5.0%
+101.7%$15.12B$2.80B36.964,200
BSAC
Banco Santander-Chile
2.6853 of 5 stars
$24.59
+1.9%
$22.75
-7.5%
+29.5%$11.58B$2.74T12.679,990Positive News
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.962 of 5 stars
$35.23
+0.7%
$41.69
+18.3%
-5.2%$10.82B$8.45B13.5511,600Positive News
CIB
Bancolombia
1.4671 of 5 stars
$43.43
+4.8%
$39.00
-10.2%
+17.2%$10.44B$27.99T6.8933,100High Trading Volume
WF
Woori Financial Group
3.3913 of 5 stars
$41.27
-1.0%
N/A+44.9%$10.21B$12.73T5.37150News Coverage
Positive News
GGAL
Grupo Financiero Galicia
2.492 of 5 stars
$56.65
-2.4%
$61.20
+8.0%
+70.6%$8.36B$6.59T8.3512,012

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This page (NASDAQ:UPST) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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