AMAL vs. RIOT, BBAR, EBC, AX, UCB, IFS, ASB, CORZ, FHB, and BUR
Should you be buying Amalgamated Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amalgamated Financial include Riot Platforms (RIOT), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Axos Financial (AX), United Community Banks (UCB), Intercorp Financial Services (IFS), Associated Banc (ASB), Core Scientific (CORZ), First Hawaiian (FHB), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Amalgamated Financial vs.
Amalgamated Financial (NASDAQ:AMAL) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Amalgamated Financial has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.23, meaning that its stock price is 323% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amalgamated Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Riot Platforms. Amalgamated Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amalgamated Financial has a net margin of 24.50% compared to Riot Platforms' net margin of 16.67%. Amalgamated Financial's return on equity of 16.49% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.
75.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Amalgamated Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Riot Platforms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Riot Platforms received 430 more outperform votes than Amalgamated Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.46% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Amalgamated Financial an outperform vote.
Amalgamated Financial currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.26%. Riot Platforms has a consensus target price of $17.55, indicating a potential upside of 67.78%. Given Riot Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Amalgamated Financial.
In the previous week, Amalgamated Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Riot Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amalgamated Financial and 3 mentions for Riot Platforms. Amalgamated Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Riot Platforms' score of -0.42 indicating that Amalgamated Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Amalgamated Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMAL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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