LDI vs. RIOT, UPST, PWP, IREN, CORZ, LU, CIFR, SII, BITF, and ML
Should you be buying loanDepot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of loanDepot include Riot Platforms (RIOT), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Iris Energy (IREN), Core Scientific (CORZ), Lufax (LU), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Riot Platforms received 471 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 38.16% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.
Riot Platforms has higher earnings, but lower revenue than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 76.02% compared to Riot Platforms' net margin of -10.26%. loanDepot's return on equity of 12.56% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.
Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.06, suggesting that its share price is 306% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.44, suggesting that its share price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, loanDepot had 5 more articles in the media than Riot Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for loanDepot and 6 mentions for Riot Platforms. Riot Platforms' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat loanDepot's score of 0.06 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Riot Platforms presently has a consensus target price of $17.83, suggesting a potential upside of 83.41%. loanDepot has a consensus target price of $2.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than loanDepot.
40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of loanDepot 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.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats loanDepot on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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