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QD vs. CIFR, BUR, FBK, PGY, PRK, HUT, DAVE, BTDR, LU, and CLSK

Should you be buying Qudian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qudian include Cipher Mining (CIFR), Burford Capital (BUR), FB Financial (FBK), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Park National (PRK), Hut 8 (HUT), Dave (DAVE), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Lufax (LU), and Cleanspark (CLSK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Qudian vs. Its Competitors

Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) and Qudian (NYSE:QD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Qudian shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Qudian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Qudian has higher revenue and earnings than Cipher Mining. Cipher Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qudian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cipher Mining$151.27M28.21-$44.63M-$0.43-25.23
Qudian$186.37M3.94$12.57M$0.4310.13

Cipher Mining currently has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential downside of 29.34%. Given Cipher Mining's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Qudian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cipher Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Qudian
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Cipher Mining had 19 more articles in the media than Qudian. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cipher Mining and 1 mentions for Qudian. Qudian's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Cipher Mining's score of 0.48 indicating that Qudian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cipher Mining
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Qudian
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Qudian has a net margin of 388.27% compared to Cipher Mining's net margin of -96.95%. Qudian's return on equity of 4.65% beat Cipher Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cipher Mining-96.95% -21.71% -17.29%
Qudian 388.27%4.65%4.21%

Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qudian has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Qudian beats Cipher Mining on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QD vs. The Competition

MetricQudianTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$721.99M$2.95B$26.43B$21.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%2.75%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.1324.3826.9729.84
Price / Sales3.9463.591,213.1270.94
Price / Cash46.1341.6225.8718.13
Price / Book0.477.957.704.65
Net Income$12.57M$34.73M$199.11M$999.94M
7 Day Performance2.40%6.41%3.48%1.08%
1 Month Performance-6.94%14.61%20.19%4.53%
1 Year Performance137.98%58.90%49.63%14.39%

Qudian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QD
Qudian
1.687 of 5 stars
$4.36
+1.8%
N/A+138.0%$721.99M$186.37M10.13940News Coverage
Positive News
CIFR
Cipher Mining
1.2642 of 5 stars
$7.72
+2.7%
$7.67
-0.7%
+251.1%$2.96B$151.27M-17.9510Analyst Forecast
BUR
Burford Capital
4.2281 of 5 stars
$12.73
-4.5%
$18.00
+41.4%
-3.3%$2.92B$546.09M11.79140Positive News
FBK
FB Financial
4.505 of 5 stars
$53.68
+0.1%
$58.25
+8.5%
+13.2%$2.89B$764.61M27.821,490Positive News
PGY
Pagaya Technologies
2.3819 of 5 stars
$37.21
-0.1%
$34.33
-7.7%
+234.3%$2.85B$1.03B-9.72800
PRK
Park National
2.3215 of 5 stars
$171.31
-0.5%
$177.75
+3.8%
-2.2%$2.75B$543.45M18.401,790
HUT
Hut 8
1.9827 of 5 stars
$25.48
+0.4%
$26.94
+5.7%
+204.2%$2.68B$162.38M0.00219Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DAVE
Dave
3.4844 of 5 stars
$195.20
+0.3%
$262.17
+34.3%
+505.6%$2.63B$347.10M51.64250Trending News
Short Interest ↑
BTDR
Bitdeer Technologies Group
2.4234 of 5 stars
$12.70
+2.8%
$20.80
+63.8%
+131.2%$2.61B$349.78M-2.70211Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LU
Lufax
1.7527 of 5 stars
$2.92
-3.2%
$3.20
+9.8%
+35.7%$2.61B$4.82B-3.7936,215Positive News
CLSK
Cleanspark
4.2521 of 5 stars
$9.17
-0.8%
$20.47
+123.3%
+9.7%$2.60B$378.97M10.79130

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