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GHLD vs. FLG, AX, AUB, SFBS, IFS, ASB, BMA, CORZ, UCB, and CLSK

Should you be buying Guild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guild include Flagstar Financial (FLG), AXOS FINANCIAL (AX), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Macro Bank (BMA), Core Scientific (CORZ), United Community Banks (UCB), and Cleanspark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Guild vs. Its Competitors

Flagstar Financial (NYSE:FLG) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Flagstar Financial presently has a consensus price target of $13.22, suggesting a potential upside of 15.48%. Guild has a consensus price target of $18.42, suggesting a potential downside of 7.24%. Given Flagstar Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flagstar Financial is more favorable than Guild.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flagstar Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Guild
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Guild has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flagstar Financial. Flagstar Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flagstar Financial$2.32B2.05-$1.12B-$2.60-4.40
Guild$1.04B1.19$97.13M$0.6928.78

In the previous week, Flagstar Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Guild. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Flagstar Financial and 6 mentions for Guild. Flagstar Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Guild's score of -0.21 indicating that Flagstar Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flagstar Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Guild
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Flagstar Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Guild pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Flagstar Financial pays out -1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guild pays out 144.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Flagstar Financial has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

67.9% of Flagstar Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Flagstar Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.3% of Guild shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Guild has a net margin of 4.40% compared to Flagstar Financial's net margin of -14.21%. Guild's return on equity of 7.91% beat Flagstar Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flagstar Financial-14.21% -9.68% -0.70%
Guild 4.40%7.91%2.06%

Summary

Flagstar Financial beats Guild on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GHLD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GHLD vs. The Competition

MetricGuildFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.23B$7.94B$12.26B$21.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.71%5.54%3.59%
P/E Ratio28.7818.8119.0628.45
Price / Sales1.195.4426.1171.66
Price / Cash10.4021.4421.6322.92
Price / Book0.982.792.204.68
Net Income$97.13M$311.63M$998.02M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.08%0.43%0.58%1.65%
1 Month Performance0.57%18.47%3.45%4.54%
1 Year Performance36.55%27.46%536.27%10.00%

Guild Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GHLD
Guild
1.9568 of 5 stars
$19.86
0.0%
$18.42
-7.2%
+40.1%$1.23B$1.04B28.785,270News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
FLG
Flagstar Financial
2.7813 of 5 stars
$11.83
+0.6%
$13.22
+11.8%
N/A$4.88B$6.35B-4.556,993Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
AX
AXOS FINANCIAL
3.0195 of 5 stars
$85.50
0.0%
$85.86
+0.4%
+12.6%$4.82B$1.88B11.651,781Upcoming Earnings
AUB
Atlantic Union Bankshares
4.2702 of 5 stars
$33.00
-0.7%
$39.00
+18.2%
-19.7%$4.70B$857.44M14.411,880Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
3.21 of 5 stars
$82.58
-0.5%
$87.50
+6.0%
+1.2%$4.53B$981.18M18.77570Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
IFS
Intercorp Financial Services
4.105 of 5 stars
$36.96
-1.8%
$30.00
-18.8%
+60.3%$4.31B$1.68B9.868,542Positive News
Insider Trade
ASB
Associated Banc
4.8973 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.9%
$27.22
+6.4%
+6.9%$4.28B$1.05B29.744,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BMA
Macro Bank
3.3061 of 5 stars
$65.06
+0.8%
$62.13
-4.5%
+40.4%$4.12B$4.49B5.709,004Positive News
CORZ
Core Scientific
2.9026 of 5 stars
$13.27
-0.6%
$18.22
+37.3%
+46.2%$3.98B$510.67M-2.64200Analyst Forecast
UCB
United Community Banks
N/A$31.52
-0.6%
N/AN/A$3.85B$1.50B14.942,979News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
CLSK
Cleanspark
3.5577 of 5 stars
$12.39
-3.1%
$20.38
+64.4%
-26.9%$3.59B$378.97M-12.91130News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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