UWM (UWMC) Competitors

Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) and UWM (NYSE:UWMC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RKT or UWMC?

4.6% of Rocket Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of UWM shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.1% of Rocket Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of UWM shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, RKT or UWMC?

Rocket Companies has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UWM has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RKT or UWMC?

Rocket Companies presently has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.10%. UWM has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.11%. Given UWM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe UWM is more favorable than Rocket Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rocket Companies	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
UWM	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RKT or UWMC?

Rocket Companies received 364 more outperform votes than UWM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Rocket Companies an outperform vote while only 29.17% of users gave UWM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rocket Companies	Outperform Votes 392 62.92%	Underperform Votes 231 37.08%
UWM	Outperform Votes 28 29.17%	Underperform Votes 68 70.83%

Is RKT or UWMC a better dividend stock?

Rocket Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.2820 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. UWM pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Rocket Companies pays out 801.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UWM pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to RKT or UWMC?

In the previous week, Rocket Companies had 3 more articles in the media than UWM. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Rocket Companies and 6 mentions for UWM. Rocket Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat UWM's score of 0.96 indicating that Rocket Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rocket Companies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UWM	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RKT or UWMC more profitable?

UWM has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rocket Companies' net margin of -0.38%. Rocket Companies' return on equity of 2.86% beat UWM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rocket Companies	-0.38%	2.86%	1.08%
UWM	N/A	-5.79%	-1.04%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RKT or UWMC?

UWM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rocket Companies. UWM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocket Companies, 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
Rocket Companies	$4.93B	5.59	-$15.51M	$0.16	86.37
UWM	$1.42B	6.55	-$13.23M	$0.08	72.44

Summary

Rocket Companies and UWM tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.