Onity Group (ONIT) Competitors

Onity Group (NYSE:ONIT) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to ONIT or LDI?

In the previous week, Onity Group and Onity Group both had 2 articles in the media. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Onity Group's score of 0.50 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onity Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
loanDepot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ONIT or LDI?

Onity Group currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.65%. loanDepot has a consensus target price of $2.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.44%. Given Onity Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Onity Group is more favorable than loanDepot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
loanDepot	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ONIT or LDI?

Onity Group has higher revenue and earnings than loanDepot. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onity Group, 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
Onity Group	$1.07B	0.22	-$63.70M	$1.51	19.91
loanDepot	$974.02M	0.81	-$110.14M	-$0.52	-4.65

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ONIT or LDI?

70.2% of Onity Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Onity Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of loanDepot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ONIT or LDI more profitable?

Onity Group has a net margin of 1.41% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -8.95%. Onity Group's return on equity of 21.05% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onity Group	1.41%	21.05%	0.71%
loanDepot	-8.95%	-14.66%	-1.49%

Which has more volatility & risk, ONIT or LDI?

Onity Group has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ONIT or LDI?

loanDepot received 26 more outperform votes than Onity Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Onity Group an outperform vote while only 35.80% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onity Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
loanDepot	Outperform Votes 29 35.80%	Underperform Votes 52 64.20%

Summary

Onity Group beats loanDepot on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.