Onity Group (ONIT) Competitors

Onity Group (NYSE:ONIT) and Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ONIT or BY?

Byline Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Onity Group. Byline Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onity 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
Onity Group	$1.09B	0.28	$33.90M	$2.85	13.28
Byline Bancorp	$405.32M	2.87	$120.76M	$2.70	9.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ONIT or BY?

70.2% of Onity Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Byline Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Onity Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Byline Bancorp shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ONIT or BY?

Byline Bancorp received 167 more outperform votes than Onity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Onity Group an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Byline Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onity Group	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Byline Bancorp	Outperform Votes 174 59.18%	Underperform Votes 120 40.82%

Is ONIT or BY more profitable?

Byline Bancorp has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Onity Group's net margin of 3.47%. Onity Group's return on equity of 20.50% beat Byline Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onity Group	3.47%	20.50%	0.70%
Byline Bancorp	19.33%	11.61%	1.28%

Do analysts rate ONIT or BY?

Onity Group currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Byline Bancorp has a consensus target price of $33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 32.05%. Given Byline Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Byline Bancorp is more favorable than Onity Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Byline Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, ONIT or BY?

Onity Group has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Byline Bancorp has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ONIT or BY?

In the previous week, Byline Bancorp had 15 more articles in the media than Onity Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Byline Bancorp and 3 mentions for Onity Group. Onity Group's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Byline Bancorp's score of 0.63 indicating that Onity Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onity Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Byline Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Onity Group beats Byline Bancorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.