loanDepot (LDI) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, HUT or LDI?

loanDepot has higher revenue and earnings than Hut 8.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hut 8	$115.90M	7.56	-$186.77M	N/A	N/A
loanDepot	$741.12M	0.93	-$110.14M	-$0.57	-3.75

Does the media favor HUT or LDI?

In the previous week, Hut 8 had 26 more articles in the media than loanDepot. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hut 8 and 3 mentions for loanDepot. Hut 8's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat loanDepot's score of 0.19 indicating that loanDepot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hut 8	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
loanDepot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HUT or LDI?

31.8% of Hut 8 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of loanDepot shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Hut 8 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 83.0% of loanDepot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds 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 share price is 298% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, loanDepot has a beta of 3.54, suggesting that its share price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Do analysts rate HUT or LDI?

Hut 8 presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.07%. loanDepot has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.63%. Given loanDepot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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%

Summary

loanDepot beats Hut 8 on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.