Axos Financial (AX) Competitors

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) and Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOFI or AX?

Axos Financial received 47 more outperform votes than SoFi Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.59% of users gave Axos Financial an outperform vote while only 38.22% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SoFi Technologies	Outperform Votes 60 38.22%	Underperform Votes 97 61.78%
Axos Financial	Outperform Votes 107 54.59%	Underperform Votes 89 45.41%

Do analysts prefer SOFI or AX?

SoFi Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $14.36, indicating a potential upside of 1.28%. Axos Financial has a consensus price target of $82.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.96%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than SoFi Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoFi Technologies	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Axos Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media refer more to SOFI or AX?

In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 19 more articles in the media than Axos Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 7 mentions for Axos Financial. SoFi Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Axos Financial's score of 0.72 indicating that SoFi Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SoFi Technologies	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axos Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SOFI or AX?

38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Axos Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SOFI or AX?

SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axos Financial has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SOFI or AX?

SoFi Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Axos Financial. Axos Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoFi Technologies, 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
SoFi Technologies	$2.80B	5.60	$498.67M	$0.41	34.57
Axos Financial	$1.21B	3.38	$450.01M	$7.34	9.89

Is SOFI or AX more profitable?

Axos Financial has a net margin of 22.10% compared to SoFi Technologies' net margin of 18.64%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 18.67% beat SoFi Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoFi Technologies	18.64%	3.82%	0.69%
Axos Financial	22.10%	18.67%	1.89%

Summary

Axos Financial beats SoFi Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.