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$16.27 +0.91 (+5.95%)
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LC vs. SOFI, UPST, CADE, OZK, PFSI, GBCI, VLY, HWC, FLG, and AX

Should you be buying LendingClub stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingClub include SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Upstart (UPST), Cadence Bank (CADE), Bank OZK (OZK), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Flagstar Financial (FLG), and Axos Financial (AX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

LendingClub vs. Its Competitors

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) are both banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 43 more articles in the media than LendingClub. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 5 mentions for LendingClub. LendingClub's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat SoFi Technologies' score of 0.75 indicating that LendingClub is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LendingClub
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SoFi Technologies
19 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

74.1% of LendingClub shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of LendingClub shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SoFi Technologies has a net margin of 18.38% compared to LendingClub's net margin of 8.36%. LendingClub's return on equity of 5.66% beat SoFi Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LendingClub8.36% 5.66% 0.72%
SoFi Technologies 18.38%4.44%0.78%

LendingClub has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

LendingClub currently has a consensus price target of $16.57, suggesting a potential upside of 1.83%. SoFi Technologies has a consensus price target of $19.35, suggesting a potential downside of 22.65%. Given LendingClub's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LendingClub is more favorable than SoFi Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LendingClub
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
SoFi Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24

SoFi Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than LendingClub. LendingClub is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoFi Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LendingClub$787.01M2.37$51.33M$0.6425.43
SoFi Technologies$2.67B11.20$498.67M$0.4852.13

Summary

LendingClub and SoFi Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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LC vs. The Competition

MetricLendingClubCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$400.25M$6.49B$20.92B
Dividend YieldN/A15.78%4.18%3.58%
P/E Ratio25.4332.1514.4229.13
Price / Sales2.37105.141,787.0553.00
Price / Cash15.2314.42127.2023.54
Price / Book1.333.425.135.45
Net Income$51.33M$53.80M$1.23B$992.10M
7 Day Performance5.27%0.64%0.92%2.61%
1 Month Performance21.70%7.20%2.17%1.46%
1 Year Performance32.04%52.15%24.12%10.72%

LendingClub Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LC
LendingClub
4.3328 of 5 stars
$16.27
+6.0%
$16.57
+1.8%
+37.8%$1.76B$787.01M25.431,002Positive News
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
2.4168 of 5 stars
$22.11
-2.8%
$18.76
-15.1%
+248.0%$26.53B$3.05B46.165,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
UPST
Upstart
4.3586 of 5 stars
$63.41
+3.0%
$78.54
+23.9%
+73.4%$6.10B$844.07M-792.801,193Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
CADE
Cadence Bank
4.372 of 5 stars
$35.27
-0.6%
$40.40
+14.5%
+19.0%$6.42B$2.90B12.555,335Analyst Revision
OZK
Bank OZK
4.3211 of 5 stars
$49.66
+0.2%
$54.25
+9.2%
+25.5%$5.65B$1.67B8.073,028Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.6501 of 5 stars
$106.07
-0.8%
$118.67
+11.9%
+10.3%$5.48B$1.59B14.714,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
0.93 of 5 stars
$46.18
-0.3%
N/AN/A$5.47B$1.27B24.053,595News Coverage
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
3.6948 of 5 stars
$9.72
-0.5%
$10.95
+12.7%
+25.6%$5.44B$1.91B12.473,732Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5425 of 5 stars
$60.41
-0.3%
$66.71
+10.4%
+25.9%$5.11B$1.47B11.113,476News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.5783 of 5 stars
$12.01
-0.6%
$13.22
+10.1%
N/A$4.99B$2.15B-7.286,993Positive News
AX
Axos Financial
2.3652 of 5 stars
$86.57
-0.3%
$90.86
+5.0%
+40.9%$4.88B$1.95B11.601,781Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LC) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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