LOB vs. OMF, CADE, COOP, QFIN, UPST, PFSI, OZK, HWC, SFBS, and BBAR
Should you be buying Live Oak Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Oak Bancshares include OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Upstart (UPST), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Bank OZK (OZK), Hancock Whitney (HWC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), and Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Live Oak Bancshares vs.
OneMain (NYSE:OMF) and Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
OneMain pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. OneMain pays out 91.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Live Oak Bancshares pays out 7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
OneMain received 217 more outperform votes than Live Oak Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave OneMain an outperform vote while only 54.19% of users gave Live Oak Bancshares an outperform vote.
OneMain has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Live Oak Bancshares' net margin of 7.99%. OneMain's return on equity of 19.28% beat Live Oak Bancshares' return on equity.
In the previous week, OneMain had 10 more articles in the media than Live Oak Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for OneMain and 3 mentions for Live Oak Bancshares. OneMain's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Live Oak Bancshares' score of 0.15 indicating that OneMain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
OneMain has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Oak Bancshares has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.8% of OneMain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of OneMain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Live Oak Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
OneMain has higher revenue and earnings than Live Oak Bancshares. OneMain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Oak Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OneMain currently has a consensus price target of $56.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Live Oak Bancshares has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.25%. Given Live Oak Bancshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Live Oak Bancshares is more favorable than OneMain.
Summary
OneMain beats Live Oak Bancshares on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LOB) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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