Lufax (LU) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LU or CIB?

Lufax presently has a consensus target price of $2.98, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Bancolombia has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.86%. Given Lufax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lufax is more favorable than Bancolombia.

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
Bancolombia	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is LU or CIB more profitable?

Bancolombia has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. Bancolombia's return on equity of 14.61% beat Lufax's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lufax	-12.75%	-3.63%	-1.45%
Bancolombia	14.14%	14.61%	1.69%

Which has more volatility & risk, LU or CIB?

Lufax has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancolombia has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LU or CIB?

In the previous week, Bancolombia had 8 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Bancolombia and 3 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Bancolombia's score of 0.56 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lufax	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bancolombia	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LU or CIB a better dividend stock?

Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $6.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Lufax pays out -15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bancolombia pays out 104.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LU or CIB?

Bancolombia received 299 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Bancolombia 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%
Bancolombia	Outperform Votes 322 58.33%	Underperform Votes 230 41.67%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LU or CIB?

69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LU or CIB?

Bancolombia has higher revenue and earnings than Lufax. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bancolombia, 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	-3.81
Bancolombia	$27.99T	0.00	$1.22B	$6.24	6.61

Summary

Bancolombia beats Lufax on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.