China Lending (CLDC) Competitors

ORIX (NYSE:IX) and China Lending (NASDAQ:CLDC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Is IX or CLDC more profitable?

ORIX has a net margin of 13.66% compared to China Lending's net margin of 0.00%. ORIX's return on equity of 9.73% beat China Lending's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%
China Lending	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IX or CLDC?

1.7% of ORIX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of China Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ORIX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of China Lending shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IX or CLDC?

In the previous week, China Lending had 1 more articles in the media than ORIX. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for China Lending and 3 mentions for ORIX. ORIX's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat China Lending's score of 0.00 indicating that ORIX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ORIX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
China Lending	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IX or CLDC?

ORIX has higher revenue and earnings than China Lending.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ORIX	$1.88T	0.01	$2.39B	$2.30	8.55
China Lending	$260K	0.00	-$94.13M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IX or CLDC?

ORIX received 77 more outperform votes than China Lending when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.17% of users gave China Lending an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ORIX	Outperform Votes 193 59.57%	Underperform Votes 131 40.43%
China Lending	Outperform Votes 116 71.17%	Underperform Votes 47 28.83%

Which has more volatility and risk, IX or CLDC?

ORIX has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Lending has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ORIX beats China Lending on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.