OCN vs. FOA, UWMC, LCNB, EMF, FVCB, NWFL, BHR, OXSQ, MITT, and OPAD
Should you be buying Ocwen Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ocwen Financial include Finance of America Companies (FOA), UWM (UWMC), LCNB (LCNB), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), FVCBankcorp (FVCB), Norwood Financial (NWFL), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT), and Offerpad Solutions (OPAD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ocwen Financial (NYSE:OCN) and Finance of America Companies (NYSE:FOA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Ocwen Financial has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finance of America Companies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.2% of Ocwen Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Finance of America Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Ocwen Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Finance of America Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ocwen Financial currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.48%. Finance of America Companies has a consensus target price of $1.80, suggesting a potential upside of 142.52%. Given Finance of America Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Finance of America Companies is more favorable than Ocwen Financial.
Ocwen Financial has a net margin of 0.63% compared to Finance of America Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Ocwen Financial's return on equity of 13.66% beat Finance of America Companies' return on equity.
Ocwen Financial received 321 more outperform votes than Finance of America Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Ocwen Financial an outperform vote while only 47.22% of users gave Finance of America Companies an outperform vote.
Ocwen Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Finance of America Companies. Finance of America Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocwen Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ocwen Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Finance of America Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ocwen Financial and 1 mentions for Finance of America Companies. Finance of America Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Ocwen Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Finance of America Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ocwen Financial beats Finance of America Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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