OPRT vs. LDI, QD, HKD, SMBK, HONE, SHBI, MSBI, PFIS, ALRS, and FFWM
Should you be buying Oportun Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oportun Financial include loanDepot (LDI), Qudian (QD), AMTD Digital (HKD), SmartFinancial (SMBK), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Shore Bancshares (SHBI), Midland States Bancorp (MSBI), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), Alerus Financial (ALRS), and First Foundation (FFWM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Oportun Financial vs.
Oportun Financial (NASDAQ:OPRT) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
82.7% of Oportun Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Oportun Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of loanDepot shares are held by 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.
Oportun Financial currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.95%. loanDepot has a consensus target price of $2.60, suggesting a potential upside of 46.48%. Given loanDepot's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe loanDepot is more favorable than Oportun Financial.
In the previous week, loanDepot had 1 more articles in the media than Oportun Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for loanDepot and 1 mentions for Oportun Financial. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Oportun Financial's score of -0.50 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
loanDepot has a net margin of -8.95% compared to Oportun Financial's net margin of -12.75%. Oportun Financial's return on equity of -6.59% beat loanDepot's return on equity.
loanDepot has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Oportun Financial. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oportun Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oportun Financial has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.41, indicating that its share price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oportun Financial received 47 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave Oportun Financial an outperform vote while only 35.80% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.
Summary
Oportun Financial beats loanDepot on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:OPRT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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