PGY vs. QFIN, WD, RIOT, LU, UPST, PWP, CIFR, SII, IREN, and ML
Should you be buying Pagaya Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pagaya Technologies include Qifu Technology (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), Upstart (UPST), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Sprott (SII), Iris Energy (IREN), and MoneyLion (ML). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) and Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Qifu Technology has a net margin of 26.80% compared to Pagaya Technologies' net margin of -10.53%. Qifu Technology's return on equity of 20.96% beat Pagaya Technologies' return on equity.
Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 6.55, indicating that its share price is 555% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Qifu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 4 mentions for Qifu Technology. Qifu Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Pagaya Technologies' score of 0.77 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Qifu Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qifu Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pagaya Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 132.26%. Qifu Technology has a consensus price target of $24.73, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. Given Pagaya Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Qifu Technology.
Qifu Technology received 89 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Qifu Technology an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Qifu Technology beats Pagaya Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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