Woori Financial Group (WF) Competitors

ORIX (NYSE:IX) and Woori Financial Group (NYSE:WF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, IX or WF?

ORIX has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woori Financial Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, IX or WF?

ORIX has higher revenue and earnings than Woori Financial Group. Woori Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ORIX, 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
ORIX	$19.50B	1.27	$2.39B	$11.50	8.83
Woori Financial Group	$17.78B	0.50	$1.94B	$7.69	4.66

Does the media favor IX or WF?

In the previous week, ORIX had 2 more articles in the media than Woori Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ORIX and 2 mentions for Woori Financial Group. ORIX's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Woori Financial Group's score of 1.21 indicating that ORIX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ORIX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Woori Financial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IX or WF?

Woori Financial Group received 79 more outperform votes than ORIX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave Woori Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave ORIX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ORIX	Outperform Votes 192 59.63%	Underperform Votes 130 40.37%
Woori Financial Group	Outperform Votes 271 66.42%	Underperform Votes 137 33.58%

Is IX or WF a better dividend stock?

ORIX pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Woori Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. ORIX pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woori Financial Group pays out 15.7% 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. Woori Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is IX or WF more profitable?

ORIX has a net margin of 13.66% compared to Woori Financial Group's net margin of 11.30%. ORIX's return on equity of 9.73% beat Woori Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ORIX	13.66%	9.73%	2.40%
Woori Financial Group	11.30%	7.89%	0.53%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IX or WF?

1.7% of ORIX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Woori Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of ORIX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ORIX beats Woori Financial Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.