LU vs. WD, CLSK, PWP, SII, LDI, HUT, CCAP, COOP, LXP, and MGRC
Should you be buying Lufax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lufax include Walker & Dunlop (WD), CleanSpark (CLSK), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), loanDepot (LDI), Hut 8 (HUT), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), and McGrath RentCorp (MGRC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) and Lufax (NYSE:LU) 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, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Lufax has higher revenue and earnings than Walker & Dunlop. Lufax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walker & Dunlop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Walker & Dunlop pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Lufax pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Walker & Dunlop pays out 94.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lufax pays out -178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walker & Dunlop has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Lufax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Walker & Dunlop had 1 more articles in the media than Lufax. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Walker & Dunlop and 3 mentions for Lufax. Lufax's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Walker & Dunlop's score of 0.00 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Lufax shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Walker & Dunlop shares are held by insiders. 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.
Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lufax has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 8.87% compared to Walker & Dunlop's net margin of -2.17%. Lufax's return on equity of 9.16% beat Walker & Dunlop's return on equity.
Walker & Dunlop presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Lufax has a consensus target price of $6.91, suggesting a potential upside of 46.49%. Given Walker & Dunlop's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lufax is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop received 295 more outperform votes than Lufax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Lufax an outperform vote.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats Lufax on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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