UWMC vs. RKT, IX, SYF, SHG, BSBR, CFG, AFRM, BAP, BCH, and SOFI
Should you be buying UWM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UWM include Rocket Companies (RKT), ORIX (IX), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Affirm (AFRM), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), and SoFi Technologies (SOFI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
UWM vs.
UWM (NYSE:UWMC) and Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
UWM currently has a consensus price target of $6.86, suggesting a potential upside of 58.55%. Rocket Companies has a consensus price target of $14.21, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Given UWM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UWM is more favorable than Rocket Companies.
In the previous week, Rocket Companies had 19 more articles in the media than UWM. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Rocket Companies and 3 mentions for UWM. UWM's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Rocket Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that UWM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UWM pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Rocket Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.2820 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. UWM pays out -307.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rocket Companies pays out -4,273.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Rocket Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
53.6% of UWM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.6% of Rocket Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.5% of UWM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 92.6% of Rocket Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UWM has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rocket Companies' net margin of -0.38%. Rocket Companies' return on equity of 2.86% beat UWM's return on equity.
Rocket Companies received 364 more outperform votes than UWM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Rocket Companies an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave UWM an outperform vote.
UWM has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Companies has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UWM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rocket Companies. Rocket Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UWM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rocket Companies beats UWM on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UWMC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
