RIOT vs. QFIN, CIFR, ML, HKD, AWH, SOFI, MQ, INST, 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), AMTD Digital (HKD), Aspira Women's Health (AWH), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Marqeta (MQ), Instructure (INST), ICF International (ICFI), and Credo Technology Group (CRDO).
Riot Platforms (NASDAQ:RIOT) and Qifu Technology (NASDAQ:QFIN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
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.
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.
Riot Platforms has a net margin of 76.02% compared to Qifu Technology's net margin of 26.29%. Qifu Technology's return on equity of 20.44% beat Riot Platforms' return on equity.
Riot Platforms has a beta of 4.19, suggesting that its share price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qifu Technology has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
40.3% of Riot Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Qifu Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Riot Platforms shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Qifu Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Riot Platforms had 4 more articles in the media than Qifu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Riot Platforms and 5 mentions for Qifu Technology. Qifu Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Riot Platforms' score of 0.11 indicating that Qifu Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Riot Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 82.18%. Qifu Technology has a consensus price target of $24.73, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Riot Platforms' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Riot Platforms is more favorable than Qifu Technology.
Summary
Riot Platforms beats Qifu Technology on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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