FOA vs. OCN, PBHC, LOAN, SELF, AHT, JMM, TCBC, LRFC, IROQ, and HNNA
Should you be buying Finance of America Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finance of America Companies include Ocwen Financial (OCN), Pathfinder Bancorp (PBHC), Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN), Global Self Storage (SELF), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (JMM), TC Bancshares (TCBC), Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), IF Bancorp (IROQ), and Hennessy Advisors (HNNA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Ocwen Financial (NYSE:OCN) and Finance of America Companies (NYSE:FOA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ocwen Financial has a net margin of 0.63% compared to Ocwen Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Finance of America Companies' return on equity of 13.66% beat Ocwen Financial's return on equity.
70.2% of Ocwen Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Finance of America Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Ocwen Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Finance of America Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ocwen Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Finance of America Companies. Finance of America Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ocwen Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ocwen Financial received 321 more outperform votes than Finance of America Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Ocwen Financial an outperform vote while only 47.22% of users gave Finance of America Companies an outperform vote.
Ocwen Financial has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finance of America Companies has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ocwen Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Finance of America Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ocwen Financial and 1 mentions for Finance of America Companies. Ocwen Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Finance of America Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Finance of America Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ocwen Financial currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.48%. Finance of America Companies has a consensus price target of $1.80, suggesting a potential upside of 142.52%. Given Ocwen Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Finance of America Companies is more favorable than Ocwen Financial.
Summary
Ocwen Financial beats Finance of America Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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