Qifu Technology (QFIN) Competitors

Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) and ORIX (NYSE:IX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QFIN or IX?

74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of ORIX shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ORIX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate QFIN or IX?

Qifu Technology currently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.27%. Given Qifu Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Qifu Technology is more favorable than ORIX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Qifu Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ORIX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is QFIN or IX a better dividend stock?

Qifu Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. ORIX pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Qifu Technology pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ORIX pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to QFIN or IX?

In the previous week, ORIX had 2 more articles in the media than Qifu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ORIX and 2 mentions for Qifu Technology. Qifu Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ORIX's score of 0.67 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Qifu Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ORIX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QFIN or IX?

ORIX received 88 more outperform votes than Qifu Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.95% of users gave Qifu Technology an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Qifu Technology	Outperform Votes 103 60.95%	Underperform Votes 66 39.05%
ORIX	Outperform Votes 191 59.50%	Underperform Votes 130 40.50%

Which has more volatility & risk, QFIN or IX?

Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ORIX has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, QFIN or IX?

ORIX has higher revenue and earnings than Qifu Technology. Qifu Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ORIX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Qifu Technology	$2.29B	N/A	$603.58M	$4.94	7.77
ORIX	$19.50B	1.23	$2.39B	$11.60	8.93

Is QFIN or IX more profitable?

Qifu Technology has a net margin of 31.82% compared to ORIX's net margin of 14.08%. Qifu Technology's return on equity of 24.39% beat ORIX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Qifu Technology	31.82%	24.39%	11.68%
ORIX	14.08%	10.01%	2.46%

Summary

Qifu Technology beats ORIX on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.