LendingClub (LC) Competitors

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) and Glacier Bancorp (NYSE:GBCI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LC or GBCI?

74.1% of LendingClub shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of LendingClub shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LC or GBCI?

In the previous week, LendingClub had 2 more articles in the media than Glacier Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LendingClub and 4 mentions for Glacier Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat LendingClub's score of 0.82 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LendingClub	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Glacier Bancorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, LC or GBCI?

LendingClub has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LC or GBCI more profitable?

LendingClub has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Glacier Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. LendingClub's return on equity of 4.16% beat Glacier Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LendingClub	6.52%	4.16%	0.54%
Glacier Bancorp	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LC or GBCI?

LendingClub received 584 more outperform votes than Glacier Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.06% of users gave LendingClub an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LendingClub	Outperform Votes 585 61.06%	Underperform Votes 373 38.94%
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Do analysts prefer LC or GBCI?

LendingClub currently has a consensus price target of $16.29, indicating a potential upside of 48.66%. Given LendingClub's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LendingClub is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LendingClub	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, LC or GBCI?

Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than LendingClub. Glacier Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendingClub, 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
LendingClub	$824.03M	1.52	$51.33M	$0.44	24.90
Glacier Bancorp	$836.32M	5.84	$211.14M	$1.86	23.12

Summary

LendingClub beats Glacier Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.