Lufax (LU) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LU or CADE?

Cadence Bank received 291 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.58% of users gave Cadence Bank 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%
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 314 59.58%	Underperform Votes 213 40.42%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LU or CADE?

69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LU or CADE more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 25.99% compared to Lufax's net margin of -12.75%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 8.95% beat Lufax's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lufax	-12.75%	-3.63%	-1.45%
Cadence Bank	25.99%	8.95%	0.95%

Which has better earnings and valuation, LU or CADE?

Cadence Bank has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lufax. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, 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	$4.82B	0.42	$125.31M	-$0.77	-3.03
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	7.68	$542.30M	$3.48	11.17

Does the media favor LU or CADE?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 10 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cadence Bank and 2 mentions for Lufax. Cadence Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Lufax's score of 0.51 indicating that Cadence Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lufax	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cadence Bank	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LU or CADE?

Lufax has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend LU or CADE?

Lufax presently has a consensus price target of $3.58, indicating a potential upside of 53.46%. Cadence Bank has a consensus price target of $35.29, indicating a potential downside of 9.23%. Given Lufax's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lufax is more favorable than Cadence Bank.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lufax	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Cadence Bank beats Lufax on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.