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Upstart (UPST) Competitors

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$70.40 -0.71 (-1.00%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

UPST vs. KB, IX, SYF, CFG, AFRM, SHG, BSBR, SOFI, ALLY, and UWMC

Should you be buying Upstart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upstart include KB Financial Group (KB), ORIX (IX), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Affirm (AFRM), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Ally Financial (ALLY), and UWM (UWMC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Upstart vs.

Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Upstart has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upstart$513.56M12.51-$240.13M-$1.93-36.48
KB Financial Group$26.44B1.01$3.59B$8.587.92

63.0% of Upstart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Upstart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Upstart. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for KB Financial Group and 4 mentions for Upstart. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Upstart's score of -0.38 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Upstart
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
KB Financial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KB Financial Group received 210 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 31.71% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UpstartOutperform Votes
52
31.71%
Underperform Votes
112
68.29%
KB Financial GroupOutperform Votes
262
60.93%
Underperform Votes
168
39.07%

Upstart presently has a consensus target price of $46.83, indicating a potential downside of 33.48%. Given Upstart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Upstart is more favorable than KB Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upstart
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
KB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to Upstart's net margin of -30.15%. KB Financial Group's return on equity of 7.71% beat Upstart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upstart-30.15% -32.57% -10.49%
KB Financial Group 12.33%7.71%0.62%

Summary

KB Financial Group beats Upstart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UPST vs. The Competition

MetricUpstartNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.49B$8.03B$10.41B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A5.20%10.14%4.06%
P/E Ratio-36.4813.4647.1214.18
Price / Sales12.5113.053,443.7889.42
Price / CashN/A42.0530.7732.79
Price / Book10.783.112.485.12
Net Income-$240.13M$462.43M$993.44M$225.99M
7 Day Performance4.47%1.83%-0.05%-1.32%
1 Month Performance33.99%25.36%7.13%0.60%
1 Year Performance196.05%109.23%24.11%26.23%

Upstart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPST
Upstart
3.6596 of 5 stars
$70.40
-1.0%
$46.83
-33.5%
+170.9%$6.49B$513.56M-36.481,388Insider Trade
KB
KB Financial Group
4.5182 of 5 stars
$67.92
+3.1%
N/A+63.9%$25.91B$26.44B7.92150Gap Up
IX
ORIX
2.1299 of 5 stars
$106.84
-1.6%
N/A+17.6%$25.21B$19.50B9.2133,807Analyst Downgrade
SYF
Synchrony Financial
4.8817 of 5 stars
$64.40
+1.2%
$57.43
-10.8%
+116.0%$24.78B$20.71B8.4120,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6463 of 5 stars
$46.12
+0.2%
$43.80
-5.0%
+67.2%$20.33B$12.19B18.1617,570Positive News
AFRM
Affirm
2.5386 of 5 stars
$63.19
-1.2%
$46.85
-25.9%
+148.2%$19.85B$2.52B-44.502,006Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
SHG
Shinhan Financial Group
4.6324 of 5 stars
$39.58
+2.6%
N/A+41.0%$19.65B$25.42B6.21190Positive News
Gap Up
BSBR
Banco Santander (Brasil)
3.0407 of 5 stars
$4.46
+0.9%
N/A-29.5%$16.60B$29.50B0.0055,611Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
2.423 of 5 stars
$14.67
+1.7%
$9.80
-33.2%
+121.8%$15.65B$2.12B146.714,400Analyst Forecast
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.977 of 5 stars
$35.53
-0.1%
$40.69
+14.5%
+28.6%$10.83B$8.21B14.2111,100
UWMC
UWM
2.9797 of 5 stars
$6.07
-2.7%
$7.53
+24.1%
+7.0%$9.70B$835.67M-26.396,700Options Volume
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:UPST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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