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$26.35 +0.14 (+0.53%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

VBTX vs. UPST, PFSI, OZK, HWC, SFBS, VLY, BBAR, RIOT, FLG, and AX

Should you be buying Veritex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veritex include Upstart (UPST), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Bank OZK (OZK), Hancock Whitney (HWC), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Flagstar Financial (FLG), and Axos Financial (AX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Veritex vs.

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

Veritex has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Upstart's net margin of -30.15%. Veritex's return on equity of 7.79% beat Upstart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veritex11.11% 7.79% 0.95%
Upstart -30.15%-32.57%-10.49%

88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Upstart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Upstart had 6 more articles in the media than Veritex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Upstart and 1 mentions for Veritex. Veritex's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Upstart's score of 0.30 indicating that Veritex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Veritex
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Upstart
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Veritex received 180 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.87% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 32.14% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VeritexOutperform Votes
234
50.87%
Underperform Votes
226
49.13%
UpstartOutperform Votes
54
32.14%
Underperform Votes
114
67.86%

Veritex currently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Upstart has a consensus target price of $61.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than Upstart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veritex
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Upstart
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veritex$745.98M1.92$108.26M$1.5616.89
Upstart$552.43M10.40-$240.13M-$1.93-32.62

Veritex has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upstart has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Veritex beats Upstart on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VBTX vs. The Competition

MetricVeritexState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$3.01B$11.26B$8.94B
Dividend Yield3.27%3.78%5.85%4.04%
P/E Ratio16.8916.5225.0817.34
Price / Sales1.922.3228.4978.67
Price / Cash8.169.8717.2735.97
Price / Book0.931.272.654.79
Net Income$108.26M$410.53M$1.04B$225.00M
7 Day Performance7.82%5.44%3.08%1.52%
1 Month Performance-2.66%0.27%1.19%4.68%
1 Year Performance23.77%18.72%15.79%20.89%

Veritex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VBTX
Veritex
4.3568 of 5 stars
$26.35
+0.5%
$29.40
+11.6%
+24.3%$1.33B$745.98M16.89770Positive News
UPST
Upstart
3.5163 of 5 stars
$57.07
-1.2%
$61.80
+8.3%
+102.7%$5.21B$552.43M-29.571,388Insider Trade
Gap Up
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.8727 of 5 stars
$97.71
+1.5%
$122.50
+25.4%
+29.2%$5.01B$2.25B31.023,900News Coverage
OZK
Bank OZK
3.495 of 5 stars
$42.36
+1.6%
$48.25
+13.9%
+9.3%$4.81B$1.65B6.972,650Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.1596 of 5 stars
$55.47
+1.6%
$60.63
+9.3%
+32.6%$4.77B$1.37B12.443,630Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
SFBS
ServisFirst Bancshares
2.6937 of 5 stars
$82.54
+1.4%
$85.00
+3.0%
+48.1%$4.50B$443.96M22.07570News Coverage
Positive News
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
3.7512 of 5 stars
$8.75
+1.5%
$10.39
+18.7%
-4.0%$4.46B$1.82B14.113,830Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
BBAR
Banco BBVA Argentina
4.4988 of 5 stars
$21.67
-7.5%
$27.00
+24.6%
+343.6%$4.43B$1.93T11.295,850News Coverage
RIOT
Riot Platforms
3.2089 of 5 stars
$11.77
-1.9%
$17.05
+44.9%
+23.2%$4.05B$312.91M27.37340Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
FLG
Flagstar Financial
1.3431 of 5 stars
$9.22
+3.8%
$11.50
+24.7%
N/A$3.83B$2.93B-2.118,766Options Volume
News Coverage
AX
Axos Financial
2.4051 of 5 stars
$66.61
-0.1%
$83.20
+24.9%
+40.2%$3.80B$1.15B8.061,781Short Interest ↓

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