WD vs. CLSK, LU, PWP, COOP, SII, ABCB, DNP, EPR, HHH, and TCN
Should you be buying Walker & Dunlop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walker & Dunlop include CleanSpark (CLSK), Lufax (LU), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Sprott (SII), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), EPR Properties (EPR), Howard Hughes (HHH), and Tricon Residential (TCN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than CleanSpark.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 10.18% compared to CleanSpark's net margin of -38.09%. Walker & Dunlop's return on equity of 9.15% beat CleanSpark's return on equity.
Walker & Dunlop currently has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. CleanSpark has a consensus price target of $19.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.07%. Given Walker & Dunlop's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Walker & Dunlop is more favorable than CleanSpark.
Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.27, suggesting that its share price is 327% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of CleanSpark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 7 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CleanSpark and 5 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. CleanSpark's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.30 indicating that CleanSpark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walker & Dunlop received 200 more outperform votes than CleanSpark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.29% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats CleanSpark on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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