USA Rare Earth (USAR) Competitors

Virtu Financial (NYSE:VIRT) and USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) are both trading companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VIRT or USAR?

45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of USA Rare Earth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, VIRT or USAR?

Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Rare Earth has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VIRT or USAR?

USA Rare Earth has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.80%. Given USA Rare Earth's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe USA Rare Earth is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtu Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
USA Rare Earth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor VIRT or USAR?

In the previous week, USA Rare Earth had 1 more articles in the media than Virtu Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for USA Rare Earth and 0 mentions for Virtu Financial. USA Rare Earth's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that USA Rare Earth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Virtu Financial	Neutral
USA Rare Earth	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VIRT or USAR?

Virtu Financial has higher revenue and earnings than USA Rare Earth.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtu Financial	$3.38B	1.66	$276.42M	$4.40	8.33
USA Rare Earth	N/A	N/A	$7.90M	N/A	N/A

Is VIRT or USAR more profitable?

Virtu Financial has a net margin of 11.98% compared to USA Rare Earth's net margin of 0.00%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 37.56% beat USA Rare Earth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtu Financial	11.98%	37.56%	3.44%
USA Rare Earth	N/A	-16.58%	-0.67%

Summary

Virtu Financial beats USA Rare Earth on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.