CLSK vs. WD, LU, COOP, PWP, SII, CTRE, BRP, MAC, SFBS, and APLE
Should you be buying CleanSpark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CleanSpark include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Lufax (LU), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Macerich (MAC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), and Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
CleanSpark has a net margin of 22.41% compared to CleanSpark's net margin of 8.87%. CleanSpark's return on equity of 9.16% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than CleanSpark.
Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.3, indicating that its stock price is 330% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Walker & Dunlop received 197 more outperform votes than CleanSpark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.78% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
Walker & Dunlop presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. CleanSpark has a consensus target price of $19.22, suggesting a potential upside of 19.88%. Given Walker & Dunlop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 8 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CleanSpark and 4 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. CleanSpark's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.41 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop and CleanSpark tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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