Fold (FLD) Competitors

Fold (NASDAQ:FLD) and Noah (NYSE:NOAH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FLD or NOAH?

56.9% of Fold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Noah shares are held by institutional investors. 66.8% of Fold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Noah shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FLD or NOAH?

In the previous week, Fold had 39 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Fold and 0 mentions for Noah. Noah's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Fold's score of 0.14 indicating that Noah is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fold	Neutral
Noah	Positive

Do analysts recommend FLD or NOAH?

Fold currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 94.95%. Noah has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.70%. Given Fold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fold is more favorable than Noah.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, FLD or NOAH?

Fold has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noah has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FLD or NOAH?

Noah has higher revenue and earnings than Fold.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fold	$2.16M	93.77	-$1.87M	N/A	N/A
Noah	$356.33M	2.24	$65.14M	$0.97	12.46

Is FLD or NOAH more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 19.22% compared to Fold's net margin of 0.00%. Noah's return on equity of 5.62% beat Fold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fold	N/A	-93.26%	-15.20%
Noah	19.22%	5.62%	4.68%

Summary

Fold beats Noah on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.