NU vs. AXP, COIN, SYF, SOFI, COOP, CLSK, QFIN, WD, RIOT, and LU
Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include American Express (AXP), Coinbase Global (COIN), Synchrony Financial (SYF), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), CleanSpark (CLSK), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Riot Platforms (RIOT), and Lufax (LU). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
American Express (NYSE:AXP) and NU (NYSE:NU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
American Express received 1141 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave American Express an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
American Express has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NU has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Express has higher revenue and earnings than NU. American Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Express currently has a consensus target price of $215.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.42%. NU has a consensus target price of $10.74, indicating a potential downside of 9.62%. Given American Express' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NU is more favorable than American Express.
84.3% of American Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of NU shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NU shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Express has a net margin of 14.50% compared to American Express' net margin of 13.86%. NU's return on equity of 32.46% beat American Express' return on equity.
In the previous week, American Express had 6 more articles in the media than NU. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for American Express and 12 mentions for NU. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat American Express' score of 0.59 indicating that American Express is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Express beats NU on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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