NIC vs. QFIN, COOP, OMF, CADE, OZK, BMA, FLG, PFSI, HWC, and VLY
Should you be buying Nicolet Bankshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nicolet Bankshares include Qifu Technology (QFIN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), Bank OZK (OZK), Banco Macro (BMA), Flagstar Financial (FLG), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Hancock Whitney (HWC), and Valley National Bancorp (VLY). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Nicolet Bankshares vs.
Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) and Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Nicolet Bankshares and Nicolet Bankshares both had 2 articles in the media. Qifu Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Nicolet Bankshares' score of 0.72 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are owned 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.
Qifu Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Nicolet Bankshares. Qifu Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicolet Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qifu Technology has a net margin of 31.82% compared to Nicolet Bankshares' net margin of 23.83%. Qifu Technology's return on equity of 24.39% beat Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity.
Nicolet Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Qifu Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Nicolet Bankshares pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Qifu Technology pays out 23.9% 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.
Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nicolet Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.62%. Qifu Technology has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.59%. Given Nicolet Bankshares' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nicolet Bankshares is more favorable than Qifu Technology.
Qifu Technology received 100 more outperform votes than Nicolet Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.95% of users gave Qifu Technology an outperform vote while only 11.54% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.
Summary
Qifu Technology beats Nicolet Bankshares on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NIC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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