Lufax (LU) Competitors

Lufax (NYSE:LU) and Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LU or COOP?

69.1% of Lufax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LU or COOP more profitable?

Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 30.07% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 14.76% beat Lufax's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lufax	-12.75%	-3.63%	-1.45%
Mr. Cooper Group	30.07%	14.76%	4.15%

Do analysts prefer LU or COOP?

Lufax presently has a consensus target price of $2.98, indicating a potential upside of 0.17%. Mr. Cooper Group has a consensus target price of $131.14, indicating a potential downside of 8.78%. Given Lufax's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lufax is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.

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
Mr. Cooper Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LU or COOP?

Mr. Cooper Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lufax. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, 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
Lufax	$20.29B	0.13	$125.31M	-$0.77	-3.86
Mr. Cooper Group	$3.04B	3.02	$669M	$8.80	16.34

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LU or COOP?

Mr. Cooper Group received 177 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.11% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote while only 41.07% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lufax	Outperform Votes 23 41.07%	Underperform Votes 33 58.93%
Mr. Cooper Group	Outperform Votes 200 62.11%	Underperform Votes 122 37.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, LU or COOP?

Lufax has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LU or COOP?

In the previous week, Mr. Cooper Group had 12 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group and 1 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 1.12 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lufax	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Mr. Cooper Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Mr. Cooper Group beats Lufax on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.