DAVE vs. UPST, MARA, BUR, RIOT, WD, CORZ, LU, CLSK, LX, and PWP
Should you be buying Famous Dave's of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Famous Dave's of America include Upstart (UPST), MARA (MARA), Burford Capital (BUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Core Scientific (CORZ), Lufax (LU), CleanSpark (CLSK), LexinFintech (LX), and Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Famous Dave's of America vs.
Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and Famous Dave's of America (NASDAQ:DAVE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Upstart had 2 more articles in the media than Famous Dave's of America. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Upstart and 4 mentions for Famous Dave's of America. Upstart's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Famous Dave's of America's score of 0.00 indicating that Upstart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Famous Dave's of America received 133 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.49% of users gave Famous Dave's of America an outperform vote while only 32.20% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Famous Dave's of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Upstart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Famous Dave's of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Upstart currently has a consensus price target of $73.38, indicating a potential upside of 55.18%. Famous Dave's of America has a consensus price target of $126.67, indicating a potential upside of 49.80%. Given Upstart's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Upstart is more favorable than Famous Dave's of America.
Upstart has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Famous Dave's of America has a beta of 3.54, meaning that its share price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Famous Dave's of America has a net margin of 12.92% compared to Upstart's net margin of -20.20%. Famous Dave's of America's return on equity of 17.16% beat Upstart's return on equity.
Famous Dave's of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Famous Dave's of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Famous Dave's of America beats Upstart on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DAVE) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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