loanDepot (LDI) Competitors

Hut 8 (NASDAQ:HUT) and loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is HUT or LDI more profitable?

loanDepot has a net margin of -10.26% compared to loanDepot's net margin of -184.31%. Hut 8's return on equity of -19.52% beat loanDepot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hut 8	-184.31%	-24.58%	-20.69%
loanDepot	-10.26%	-19.52%	-2.31%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HUT or LDI?

31.8% of Hut 8 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are held by institutional investors. 83.0% of loanDepot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, HUT or LDI?

Hut 8 has a beta of 3.98, suggesting that its stock price is 298% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.54, suggesting that its stock price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HUT or LDI?

Hut 8 presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.33%. loanDepot has a consensus target price of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.27%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hut 8 is more favorable than loanDepot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hut 8	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
loanDepot	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HUT or LDI?

loanDepot has higher revenue and earnings than Hut 8. loanDepot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hut 8, 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
Hut 8	$115.90M	6.89	-$186.77M	-$2.75	-3.24
loanDepot	$741.12M	0.96	-$110.14M	-$0.57	-3.86

Does the media prefer HUT or LDI?

In the previous week, Hut 8 had 21 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hut 8 and 3 mentions for loanDepot. loanDepot's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Hut 8's score of 0.02 indicating that Hut 8 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hut 8	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
loanDepot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HUT or LDI?

loanDepot received 6 more outperform votes than Hut 8 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.50% of users gave Hut 8 an outperform vote while only 38.16% of users gave loanDepot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hut 8	Outperform Votes 23 57.50%	Underperform Votes 17 42.50%
loanDepot	Outperform Votes 29 38.16%	Underperform Votes 47 61.84%

Summary

Hut 8 and loanDepot tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.