RWAY vs. CMPO, SII, LX, ML, OPFI, FUFU, BITF, CCAP, PGY, and VEL
Should you be buying Runway Growth Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Runway Growth Finance include CompoSecure (CMPO), Sprott (SII), LexinFintech (LX), MoneyLion (ML), OppFi (OPFI), BitFuFu (FUFU), Bitfarms (BITF), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), and Velocity Financial (VEL). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Runway Growth Finance vs.
CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Runway Growth Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Runway Growth Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CompoSecure presently has a consensus target price of $16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Runway Growth Finance has a consensus target price of $11.96, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Given CompoSecure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Runway Growth Finance.
In the previous week, CompoSecure and CompoSecure both had 2 articles in the media. CompoSecure's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Runway Growth Finance's score of 0.92 indicating that CompoSecure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CompoSecure has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CompoSecure received 13 more outperform votes than Runway Growth Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.49% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 41.86% of users gave Runway Growth Finance an outperform vote.
37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Runway Growth Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Runway Growth Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Runway Growth Finance has a net margin of 27.05% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. Runway Growth Finance's return on equity of 12.91% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.
Summary
CompoSecure beats Runway Growth Finance on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RWAY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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