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UWMC vs. KB, BBDO, IX, RKT, SYF, BSBR, SHG, CFG, AFRM, and BAP

Should you be buying UWM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UWM include KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), ORIX (IX), Rocket Companies (RKT), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Affirm (AFRM), and Credicorp (BAP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

UWM vs.

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and UWM (NYSE:UWMC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UWM has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than UWM. UWM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Financial Group$19.92T0.00$3.59B$10.316.85
UWM$1.04B6.21-$13.23M-$0.13-30.96

In the previous week, UWM had 3 more articles in the media than KB Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UWM and 5 mentions for KB Financial Group. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat UWM's score of 1.16 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KB Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
UWM
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. UWM pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. KB Financial Group pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UWM pays out -307.7% 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. UWM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of UWM shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.5% of UWM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

KB Financial Group received 237 more outperform votes than UWM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.68% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave UWM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KB Financial GroupOutperform Votes
267
60.68%
Underperform Votes
173
39.32%
UWMOutperform Votes
30
30.00%
Underperform Votes
70
70.00%

KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to UWM's net margin of 0.00%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.71% beat UWM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Financial Group12.33% 7.71% 0.62%
UWM N/A -5.79%-1.04%

UWM has a consensus price target of $6.86, indicating a potential upside of 70.36%. Given UWM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UWM is more favorable than KB Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UWM
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Summary

KB Financial Group beats UWM on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UWMC vs. The Competition

MetricUWMMortgage bankers & correspondents IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.45B$4.88B$11.60B$19.61B
Dividend Yield9.66%7.47%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio-17.548.7822.7034.79
Price / Sales6.216.2527.4235.55
Price / CashN/A6.7717.6217.51
Price / Book2.601.532.834.75
Net Income-$13.23M$34.11M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.11%2.21%0.34%0.00%
1 Month Performance-8.94%10.25%8.57%11.34%
1 Year Performance-43.94%29.58%538.69%4.68%

UWM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UWMC
UWM
3.6312 of 5 stars
$3.99
-6.0%
$6.86
+72.1%
-40.7%$6.37B$1.04B-17.338,000Positive News
Gap Down
KB
KB Financial Group
4.7104 of 5 stars
$66.33
+0.5%
N/A+16.9%$26.10B$20.10T7.73150Positive News
BBDO
Banco Bradesco
1.3669 of 5 stars
$2.34
-2.1%
N/A+4.7%$24.90B$105.33B7.8088,400
IX
ORIX
3.2915 of 5 stars
$20.51
+2.0%
N/A-6.6%$23.38B$1.88T1.7832,200
RKT
Rocket Companies
2.3249 of 5 stars
$11.61
+4.5%
$14.13
+21.7%
-10.3%$23.17B$4.59B-72.5426,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SYF
Synchrony Financial
4.9054 of 5 stars
$60.43
+8.6%
$63.95
+5.8%
+35.4%$23.00B$16.11B7.0818,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
BSBR
Banco Santander (Brasil)
2.4342 of 5 stars
$5.23
-2.0%
$5.35
+2.4%
-1.5%$19.45B$48.52B6.4552,600
SHG
Shinhan Financial Group
4.4893 of 5 stars
$36.76
+1.5%
N/A+6.6%$18.51B$17.57T5.77190Analyst Upgrade
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.9251 of 5 stars
$41.59
+6.3%
$46.18
+11.0%
+13.1%$18.18B$7.77B13.7318,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AFRM
Affirm
3.61 of 5 stars
$53.74
+15.8%
$65.05
+21.1%
+50.6%$17.09B$2.80B-82.682,550High Trading Volume
BAP
Credicorp
3.9482 of 5 stars
$202.75
-1.3%
$195.67
-3.5%
+21.2%$16.13B$21.24B11.0237,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:UWMC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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