Lufax (LU) Competitors

Lufax (NYSE:LU) and Bancolombia (NYSE:CIB) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LU or CIB?

Bancolombia has higher revenue and earnings than Lufax. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bancolombia, 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
Lufax	$20.29B	0.12	$125.31M	-$0.77	-3.73
Bancolombia	$27.58T	0.00	$1.22B	$6.30	6.48

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LU or CIB?

69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LU or CIB?

Lufax has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bancolombia has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LU or CIB more profitable?

Bancolombia has a net margin of 14.14% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. Bancolombia's return on equity of 14.61% beat Lufax's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lufax	-12.75%	-3.63%	-1.45%
Bancolombia	14.14%	14.61%	1.69%

Does the media favor LU or CIB?

In the previous week, Bancolombia had 3 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bancolombia and 1 mentions for Lufax. Bancolombia's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Lufax's score of 0.00 indicating that Bancolombia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lufax	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bancolombia	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LU or CIB?

Bancolombia received 299 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Bancolombia an outperform vote while only 41.82% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lufax	Outperform Votes 23 41.82%	Underperform Votes 32 58.18%
Bancolombia	Outperform Votes 322 58.33%	Underperform Votes 230 41.67%

Is LU or CIB a better dividend stock?

Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Bancolombia pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Lufax pays out -15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bancolombia pays out 50.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend LU or CIB?

Lufax currently has a consensus price target of $2.98, indicating a potential upside of 3.66%. Bancolombia has a consensus price target of $39.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.87%. Given Lufax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lufax is more favorable than Bancolombia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lufax	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bancolombia	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Summary

Bancolombia beats Lufax on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.