loanDepot (LDI) Competitors $1.46 +0.21 (+16.40%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.47 +0.01 (+1.03%) As of 07:51 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LDI vs. VBTX, CCB, TFIN, QCRH, LOB, LC, BY, SII, SUPV, and IRENShould you be buying loanDepot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of loanDepot include Veritex (VBTX), Coastal Financial (CCB), Triumph Financial (TFIN), QCR (QCRH), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), LendingClub (LC), Byline Bancorp (BY), Sprott (SII), Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. loanDepot vs. Veritex Coastal Financial Triumph Financial QCR Live Oak Bancshares LendingClub Byline Bancorp Sprott Grupo Supervielle Iris Energy loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) and Veritex (NASDAQ:VBTX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation. Is LDI or VBTX a better dividend stock? loanDepot pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 329.9%. Veritex pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. loanDepot pays out -905.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veritex pays out 41.0% 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. loanDepot is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LDI or VBTX? Veritex received 211 more outperform votes than loanDepot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.39% of users gave Veritex an outperform vote while only 35.37% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformloanDepotOutperform Votes2935.37% Underperform Votes5364.63% VeritexOutperform Votes24051.39% Underperform Votes22748.61% Do institutionals and insiders believe in LDI or VBTX? 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Veritex shares are held by institutional investors. 83.0% of loanDepot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Veritex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LDI or VBTX? Veritex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot 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 RatioloanDepot$781.10M0.61-$110.14M-$0.53-2.75Veritex$425.65M2.76$107.24M$1.9511.06 Do analysts rate LDI or VBTX? loanDepot presently has a consensus price target of $2.03, suggesting a potential upside of 39.18%. Veritex has a consensus price target of $30.90, suggesting a potential upside of 43.25%. Given Veritex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veritex is more favorable than loanDepot.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score loanDepot 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67Veritex 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the media refer more to LDI or VBTX? In the previous week, Veritex had 13 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Veritex and 2 mentions for loanDepot. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Veritex's score of 0.63 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment loanDepot 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Veritex 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility & risk, LDI or VBTX? loanDepot has a beta of 3.38, meaning that its share price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veritex has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is LDI or VBTX more profitable? Veritex has a net margin of 13.44% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -8.95%. Veritex's return on equity of 7.59% beat loanDepot's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets loanDepot-8.95% -14.66% -1.49% Veritex 13.44%7.59%0.93% SummaryVeritex beats loanDepot on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get loanDepot News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LDI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart LDI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricloanDepotNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$477.65M$6.45B$10.29B$17.69BDividend YieldN/A4.21%5.42%3.79%P/E Ratio-2.8015.4821.3629.96Price / Sales0.617.8224.9924.26Price / CashN/A42.1517.6217.54Price / Book0.671.902.564.13Net Income-$110.14M$524.31M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance21.76%-10.22%-5.37%-8.68%1 Month Performance-11.01%-15.83%494.10%-9.64%1 Year Performance-40.73%-4.18%530.22%-4.93% loanDepot Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LDIloanDepot2.9294 of 5 stars$1.46+16.4%$2.03+39.2%-49.6%$477.65M$781.10M-2.8013,500Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeVBTXVeritex4.6295 of 5 stars$24.97+2.0%$31.50+26.2%+13.7%$1.36B$425.65M12.81770Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap DownCCBCoastal Financial3.7947 of 5 stars$90.41+0.0%$97.50+7.8%+120.5%$1.36B$452.86M27.82380Analyst ForecastPositive NewsTFINTriumph Financial1.8358 of 5 stars$57.80-1.7%$79.00+36.7%-32.4%$1.35B$415.57M107.041,430Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsQCRHQCR3.9493 of 5 stars$71.32-0.9%$82.00+15.0%+14.1%$1.21B$337.71M10.63920Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsLOBLive Oak Bancshares3.9485 of 5 stars$26.67+0.4%$44.75+67.8%-36.6%$1.21B$492.82M18.39960Gap UpLCLendingClub4.9293 of 5 stars$10.34-0.7%$16.00+54.8%+8.0%$1.17B$787.01M22.971,580Positive NewsGap DownBYByline Bancorp4.2016 of 5 stars$26.15-0.1%$33.75+29.1%+21.0%$1.17B$403.54M9.47970News CoveragePositive NewsSIISprott1.144 of 5 stars$44.82+1.1%N/A+9.9%$1.16B$168.35M24.62170Positive NewsSUPVGrupo Supervielle3.4358 of 5 stars$13.04-4.5%$13.67+4.8%+116.8%$1.15B$538.17B18.114,810Gap DownIRENIris Energy4.2677 of 5 stars$6.09+0.3%$20.40+235.0%+8.6%$1.14B$283.73M0.00100Positive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Veritex Competitors Coastal Financial Competitors Triumph Financial Competitors QCR Competitors Live Oak Bancshares Competitors LendingClub Competitors Byline Bancorp Competitors Sprott Competitors Grupo Supervielle Competitors Iris Energy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LDI) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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