RIOT vs. QFIN, CIFR, ML, AWH, SOFI, INST, MQ, NPO, ICFI, and CRDO
Should you be buying Riot Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riot Platforms include Qifu Technology (QFIN), Cipher Mining (CIFR), MoneyLion (ML), Aspira Women's Health (AWH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Instructure (INST), Marqeta (MQ), Enpro (NPO), ICF International (ICFI), and Credo Technology Group (CRDO).
Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Qifu Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Riot Platforms. Qifu Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riot Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.19, meaning that its share price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Riot Platforms had 12 more articles in the media than Qifu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Riot Platforms and 3 mentions for Qifu Technology. Riot Platforms' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Qifu Technology's score of -0.02 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Riot Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Qifu Technology currently has a consensus target price of $24.73, indicating a potential upside of 24.23%. Riot Platforms has a consensus target price of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 77.08%. Given Qifu Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Qifu Technology.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 76.02% compared to Riot Platforms' net margin of 26.29%. Riot Platforms' return on equity of 20.44% beat Qifu Technology's return on equity.
Riot Platforms received 395 more outperform votes than Qifu Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Riot Platforms an outperform vote while only 60.71% of users gave Qifu Technology an outperform vote.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Qifu Technology on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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