LU vs. WD, PWP, SII, CLSK, HUT, WULF, LDI, CCAP, COOP, and ABR
Should you be buying Lufax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lufax include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), CleanSpark (CLSK), Hut 8 (HUT), TeraWulf (WULF), loanDepot (LDI), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), and Arbor Realty Trust (ABR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) and Lufax (NYSE:LU) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lufax had 10 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lufax and 5 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Walker & Dunlop's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Lufax's score of 0.30 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Walker & Dunlop pays out 81.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lufax pays out -178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker & Dunlop has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Lufax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lufax has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Walker & Dunlop presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Lufax has a consensus target price of $6.91, indicating a potential upside of 47.74%. Given Walker & Dunlop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lufax is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 10.18% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of -2.17%. Lufax's return on equity of 9.15% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than Walker & Dunlop. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Walker & Dunlop received 295 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.34% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Lufax on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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