FINV vs. TREE, WT, JBGS, NMFC, LTC, PWP, NWBI, LADR, UNIT, and SAFE
Should you be buying FinVolution Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinVolution Group include LendingTree (TREE), WisdomTree (WT), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), LTC Properties (LTC), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Ladder Capital (LADR), Uniti Group (UNIT), and Safehold (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) and LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
FinVolution Group has a net margin of 18.70% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -18.20%. FinVolution Group's return on equity of 18.53% beat LendingTree's return on equity.
31.2% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of LendingTree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LendingTree received 589 more outperform votes than FinVolution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave LendingTree an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave FinVolution Group an outperform vote.
FinVolution Group has higher revenue and earnings than LendingTree. LendingTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinVolution Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 10 more articles in the media than FinVolution Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for LendingTree and 2 mentions for FinVolution Group. LendingTree's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat FinVolution Group's score of 0.00 indicating that LendingTree is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FinVolution Group presently has a consensus price target of $5.69, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. LendingTree has a consensus price target of $36.57, indicating a potential downside of 2.45%. Given FinVolution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FinVolution Group is more favorable than LendingTree.
FinVolution Group has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendingTree has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FinVolution Group beats LendingTree on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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