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loanDepot (LDI) Competitors

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$1.25 -0.01 (-0.40%)
Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$1.26 +0.02 (+1.29%)
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LDI vs. CASH, WLTH, LOB, LU, and FSUN

Should you buy loanDepot stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares loanDepot with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with loanDepot include Pathward Financial (CASH), Wealthfront (WLTH), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Lufax (LU), and FirstSun Capital Bancorp (FSUN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

How does loanDepot compare to Pathward Financial?

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Pathward Financial (NASDAQ:CASH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

loanDepot currently has a consensus target price of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 91.43%. Pathward Financial has a consensus target price of $107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.93%. Given loanDepot's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Pathward Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
loanDepot
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
Pathward Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Pathward Financial had 4 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pathward Financial and 0 mentions for loanDepot. Pathward Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat loanDepot's score of 0.00 indicating that Pathward Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
loanDepot Neutral
Pathward Financial Positive

Pathward Financial has a net margin of 22.42% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -6.51%. Pathward Financial's return on equity of 22.35% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
loanDepot-6.51% -22.35% -1.34%
Pathward Financial 22.42%22.35%2.60%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
loanDepot$1.19B0.35-$62.65M-$0.34N/A
Pathward Financial$851.49M2.05$185.87M$8.429.83

loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, indicating that its share price is 241% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Pathward Financial has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the broader market.

39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Pathward Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pathward Financial beats loanDepot on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does loanDepot compare to Wealthfront?

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Wealthfront (NASDAQ:WLTH) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wealthfront'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
loanDepot Neutral
Wealthfront Neutral

39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Wealthfront shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Wealthfront has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
loanDepot$1.19B0.35-$62.65M-$0.34N/A
Wealthfront$364.99M4.82N/AN/AN/A

Wealthfront has a net margin of 0.00% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -6.51%. Wealthfront's return on equity of 0.00% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
loanDepot-6.51% -22.35% -1.34%
Wealthfront N/A N/A N/A

loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.38, indicating a potential upside of 91.43%. Wealthfront has a consensus price target of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.88%. Given loanDepot's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Wealthfront.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
loanDepot
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
Wealthfront
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Wealthfront beats loanDepot on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does loanDepot compare to Live Oak Bancshares?

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, suggesting that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the broader market.

Live Oak Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
loanDepot$1.19B0.35-$62.65M-$0.34N/A
Live Oak Bancshares$1.04B1.66$105.87M$2.6114.27

39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Live Oak Bancshares has a net margin of 11.79% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -6.51%. Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity of 11.18% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
loanDepot-6.51% -22.35% -1.34%
Live Oak Bancshares 11.79%11.18%0.86%

loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 91.43%. Live Oak Bancshares has a consensus price target of $44.40, suggesting a potential upside of 19.18%. Given loanDepot's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Live Oak Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
loanDepot
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
Live Oak Bancshares
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Live Oak Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares and 0 mentions for loanDepot. Live Oak Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat loanDepot's score of 0.00 indicating that Live Oak Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
loanDepot Neutral
Live Oak Bancshares Positive

Summary

Live Oak Bancshares beats loanDepot on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does loanDepot compare to Lufax?

Lufax (NYSE:LU) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lufax$3.77B0.38-$291.79M-$0.78N/A
loanDepot$1.19B0.35-$62.65M-$0.34N/A

Lufax presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.25%. loanDepot has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 91.43%. Given loanDepot's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Lufax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lufax
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
loanDepot
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40

69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Lufax had 18 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lufax and 0 mentions for loanDepot. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lufax's score of -0.04 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lufax Neutral
loanDepot Neutral

Lufax has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, meaning that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the broader market.

Lufax has a net margin of 0.00% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -6.51%. Lufax's return on equity of 0.00% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LufaxN/A N/A N/A
loanDepot -6.51%-22.35%-1.34%

Summary

Lufax beats loanDepot on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does loanDepot compare to FirstSun Capital Bancorp?

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and FirstSun Capital Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSUN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

FirstSun Capital Bancorp has a net margin of 16.52% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -6.51%. FirstSun Capital Bancorp's return on equity of 8.80% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
loanDepot-6.51% -22.35% -1.34%
FirstSun Capital Bancorp 16.52%8.80%1.18%

loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, meaning that its share price is 241% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, FirstSun Capital Bancorp has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the broader market.

39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.1% of loanDepot shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of FirstSun Capital Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FirstSun Capital Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstSun Capital Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
loanDepot$1.19B0.35-$62.65M-$0.34N/A
FirstSun Capital Bancorp$569.65M2.91$97.94M$3.3910.45

In the previous week, FirstSun Capital Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FirstSun Capital Bancorp and 0 mentions for loanDepot. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled FirstSun Capital Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
loanDepot Neutral
FirstSun Capital Bancorp Neutral

loanDepot currently has a consensus price target of $2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 91.43%. FirstSun Capital Bancorp has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.15%. Given loanDepot's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe loanDepot is more favorable than FirstSun Capital Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
loanDepot
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40
FirstSun Capital Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

FirstSun Capital Bancorp beats loanDepot on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LDI vs. The Competition

MetricloanDepotFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$422.28M$5.03B$13.61B$23.18B
Dividend YieldN/A5.84%5.84%4.10%
P/E Ratio-3.6689.9223.9630.65
Price / Sales0.351.70153.6224.48
Price / CashN/A12.5020.1525.10
Price / Book1.255.542.154.74
Net Income-$62.65M$1.63B$1.13B$1.07B
7 Day Performance-0.80%-2.25%0.88%1.95%
1 Month Performance-21.45%-11.93%-0.05%0.66%
1 Year Performance3.32%-5.26%12.01%28.43%

loanDepot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LDI
loanDepot
2.0637 of 5 stars
$1.25
-0.4%
$2.38
+91.4%
+3.3%$422.28M$1.19BN/A5,660
CASH
Pathward Financial
4.2892 of 5 stars
$80.57
+0.8%
$107.50
+33.4%
+7.1%$1.69B$851.49M9.571,182
WLTH
Wealthfront
1.9739 of 5 stars
$12.03
+6.6%
$12.33
+2.5%
N/A$1.69B$364.99MN/A359
LOB
Live Oak Bancshares
4.4735 of 5 stars
$36.41
+2.4%
$44.40
+22.0%
N/A$1.64B$1.04B13.951,077
LU
Lufax
3.1027 of 5 stars
$1.83
-2.4%
$2.00
+9.6%
-44.2%$1.62B$3.77BN/A33,163

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This page (NYSE:LDI) was last updated on 5/24/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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