FinVolution Group (FINV) Competitors

FinVolution Group (NYSE:FINV) and Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FINV or WF?

Woori Financial Group received 260 more outperform votes than FinVolution Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave FinVolution Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FinVolution Group	Outperform Votes 11 57.89%	Underperform Votes 8 42.11%
Woori Financial Group	Outperform Votes 271 66.42%	Underperform Votes 137 33.58%

Is FINV or WF more profitable?

FinVolution Group has a net margin of 17.36% compared to Woori Financial Group's net margin of 11.30%. FinVolution Group's return on equity of 16.66% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FinVolution Group	17.36%	16.66%	10.85%
Woori Financial Group	11.30%	7.89%	0.53%

Which has more risk and volatility, FINV or WF?

FinVolution Group has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FINV or WF a better dividend stock?

FinVolution Group pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. FinVolution Group pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Financial Group pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Woori Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FINV or WF?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FinVolution Group	$12.89B	0.16	$329.70M	$1.16	6.59
Woori Financial Group	$17.78B	0.45	$1.94B	$7.69	4.20

Does the media prefer FINV or WF?

In the previous week, FinVolution Group had 2 more articles in the media than Woori Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FinVolution Group and 1 mentions for Woori Financial Group. Woori Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat FinVolution Group's score of 0.22 indicating that Woori Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FinVolution Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Woori Financial Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FINV or WF?

31.1% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Woori Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of FinVolution Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Woori Financial Group beats FinVolution Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.