Runway Growth Finance (RWAY) Competitors

LexinFintech (NASDAQ:LX) and Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is LX or RWAY a better dividend stock?

LexinFintech pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Runway Growth Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. LexinFintech pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Runway Growth Finance pays out 153.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LX or RWAY?

LexinFintech has higher revenue and earnings than Runway Growth Finance. Runway Growth Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LexinFintech, 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
LexinFintech	$1.84B	0.84	$150.14M	$0.63	14.86
Runway Growth Finance	$164.21M	2.65	$44.34M	$1.04	11.18

Does the media refer more to LX or RWAY?

In the previous week, LexinFintech had 2 more articles in the media than Runway Growth Finance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LexinFintech and 2 mentions for Runway Growth Finance. Runway Growth Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat LexinFintech's score of 0.71 indicating that Runway Growth Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LexinFintech	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Runway Growth Finance	1 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 prefer LX or RWAY?

LexinFintech received 222 more outperform votes than Runway Growth Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave LexinFintech an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Runway Growth Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LexinFintech	Outperform Votes 241 59.80%	Underperform Votes 162 40.20%
Runway Growth Finance	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%

Which has more volatility and risk, LX or RWAY?

LexinFintech has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Runway Growth Finance has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LX or RWAY?

Runway Growth Finance has a consensus price target of $12.04, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. Given Runway Growth Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Runway Growth Finance is more favorable than LexinFintech.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LexinFintech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Runway Growth Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LX or RWAY?

64.6% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of LexinFintech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Runway Growth Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LX or RWAY more profitable?

Runway Growth Finance has a net margin of 27.05% compared to LexinFintech's net margin of 5.34%. Runway Growth Finance's return on equity of 12.91% beat LexinFintech's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LexinFintech	5.34%	7.47%	3.26%
Runway Growth Finance	27.05%	12.91%	6.33%

Summary

LexinFintech and Runway Growth Finance tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.