FINV vs. TREE, CASH, JBGS, AAT, BUSE, TWO, NBHC, ELME, NMFC, and LMND
Should you be buying FinVolution Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FinVolution Group include LendingTree (TREE), Pathward Financial (CASH), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), American Assets Trust (AAT), First Busey (BUSE), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), National Bank (NBHC), Elme Communities (ELME), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), and Lemonade (LMND). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) and LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
31.2% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of LendingTree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FinVolution Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendingTree has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LendingTree received 594 more outperform votes than FinVolution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave LendingTree an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave FinVolution Group an outperform vote.
FinVolution Group currently has a consensus price target of $6.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.67%. LendingTree has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.13%. Given FinVolution Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FinVolution Group is more favorable than LendingTree.
FinVolution Group has a net margin of 17.15% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -21.07%. FinVolution Group's return on equity of 17.00% beat LendingTree's return on equity.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 8 more articles in the media than FinVolution Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for LendingTree and 7 mentions for FinVolution Group. FinVolution Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat LendingTree's score of -0.18 indicating that FinVolution Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FinVolution Group has higher revenue and earnings than LendingTree. LendingTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FinVolution Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FinVolution Group beats LendingTree on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FINV 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 NYSE 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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