SPFI vs. LU, FINV, PWP, CIFR, WULF, BTDR, HUT, MBIN, CASH, and NIC
Should you be buying South Plains Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of South Plains Financial include Lufax (LU), FinVolution Group (FINV), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), TeraWulf (WULF), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), Hut 8 (HUT), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Pathward Financial (CASH), and Nicolet Bankshares (NIC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
South Plains Financial vs.
Lufax (NYSE:LU) and South Plains Financial (NASDAQ:SPFI) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
South Plains Financial received 26 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.32% of users gave South Plains Financial an outperform vote while only 41.82% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
South Plains Financial has a net margin of 17.20% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. South Plains Financial's return on equity of 11.75% beat Lufax's return on equity.
Lufax has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Plains Financial has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, South Plains Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for South Plains Financial and 2 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat South Plains Financial's score of 0.16 indicating that Lufax is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.1% of Lufax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of South Plains Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than South Plains Financial. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Plains Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lufax currently has a consensus price target of $2.98, suggesting a potential downside of 3.88%. South Plains Financial has a consensus price target of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.23%. Given South Plains Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Plains Financial is more favorable than Lufax.
Summary
South Plains Financial beats Lufax on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SPFI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
