UPST vs. ROG, YY, CRTO, PD, VSAT, DFIN, SMTC, WB, VECO, and VRNT
Should you be buying Upstart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upstart include Rogers (ROG), JOYY (YY), Criteo (CRTO), PagerDuty (PD), Viasat (VSAT), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Semtech (SMTC), Weibo (WB), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Verint Systems (VRNT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and Rogers (NYSE:ROG) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Rogers has a net margin of 7.73% compared to Upstart's net margin of -46.76%. Rogers' return on equity of 5.34% beat Upstart's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rogers had 39 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Rogers and 6 mentions for Upstart. Upstart's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Rogers' score of 0.06 indicating that Upstart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rogers has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upstart has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers received 429 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave Rogers an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Rogers shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Upstart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Rogers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Upstart presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Rogers has a consensus price target of $205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.38%. Given Rogers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers is more favorable than Upstart.
Summary
Rogers beats Upstart on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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