SOFI vs. LYG, BCS, NU, CM, DB, NWG, IBIT, RKT, IX, and BBD
Should you be buying SoFi Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SoFi Technologies include Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BCS), NU (NU), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), NatWest Group (NWG), iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), Rocket Companies (RKT), ORIX (IX), and Banco Bradesco (BBD). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
SoFi Technologies vs.
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) and Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than SoFi Technologies. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoFi Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 33 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 6 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat SoFi Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group received 863 more outperform votes than SoFi Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 37.75% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote.
SoFi Technologies has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 11.45%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 8.46% beat SoFi Technologies' return on equity.
38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SoFi Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.92%. Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential downside of 28.66%. Given SoFi Technologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SoFi Technologies is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
SoFi Technologies has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SoFi Technologies beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SOFI) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
