CLSK vs. WD, LU, COOP, PWP, SII, BRP, MAC, HHH, TCN, and ASB
Should you be buying CleanSpark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CleanSpark include Walker & Dunlop (WD), Lufax (LU), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Sprott (SII), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), Macerich (MAC), Howard Hughes (HHH), Tricon Residential (TCN), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) and Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Walker & Dunlop has higher revenue and earnings than CleanSpark.
CleanSpark presently has a consensus target price of $19.22, indicating a potential upside of 17.39%. Walker & Dunlop has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given CleanSpark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than Walker & Dunlop.
Walker & Dunlop has a net margin of 8.87% compared to CleanSpark's net margin of -38.09%. Walker & Dunlop's return on equity of 9.16% beat CleanSpark's return on equity.
Walker & Dunlop received 199 more outperform votes than CleanSpark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.46% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave Walker & Dunlop an outperform vote.
43.1% of CleanSpark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of CleanSpark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Walker & Dunlop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 3 more articles in the media than Walker & Dunlop. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CleanSpark and 15 mentions for Walker & Dunlop. Walker & Dunlop's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat CleanSpark's score of 0.22 indicating that Walker & Dunlop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CleanSpark has a beta of 4.3, meaning that its share price is 330% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walker & Dunlop has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Walker & Dunlop beats CleanSpark on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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