PGY vs. QFIN, WD, RIOT, LU, UPST, PWP, CIFR, SII, IREN, and ML
Should you be buying Pagaya Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pagaya Technologies include Qifu Technology (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Sprott (SII), Iris Energy (IREN), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) and Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Qifu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 5 mentions for Qifu Technology. Pagaya Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Qifu Technology's score of 0.77 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 6.55, meaning that its share price is 555% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of Pagaya Technologies 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.
Qifu Technology received 89 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Qifu Technology an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote.
Qifu Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qifu Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qifu Technology has a net margin of 26.80% compared to Qifu Technology's net margin of -10.53%. Pagaya Technologies' return on equity of 20.96% beat Qifu Technology's return on equity.
Qifu Technology presently has a consensus price target of $24.73, suggesting a potential upside of 26.00%. Pagaya Technologies has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.27%. Given Qifu Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Qifu Technology.
Summary
Qifu Technology beats Pagaya Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PGY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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