UWMC vs. GHLD, NCDL, OCN, HUT, LPRO, PHK, AC, TIGR, CFFN, and PAX
Should you be buying UWM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UWM include Guild (GHLD), Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL), Ocwen Financial (OCN), Hut 8 (HUT), Open Lending (LPRO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Associated Capital Group (AC), UP Fintech (TIGR), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), and Patria Investments (PAX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
UWM (NYSE:UWMC) and Guild (NYSE:GHLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Guild had 12 more articles in the media than UWM. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Guild and 7 mentions for UWM. Guild's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat UWM's score of 0.22 indicating that Guild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UWM has higher revenue and earnings than Guild. Guild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UWM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guild has a net margin of 3.41% compared to UWM's net margin of 0.79%. UWM's return on equity of 6.96% beat Guild's return on equity.
UWM presently has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential downside of 18.47%. Guild has a consensus target price of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Given Guild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guild is more favorable than UWM.
UWM has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guild has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UWM received 10 more outperform votes than Guild when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.03% of users gave Guild an outperform vote while only 31.71% of users gave UWM an outperform vote.
53.6% of UWM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Guild shares are held by institutional investors. 94.2% of UWM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Guild shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
UWM and Guild tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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