Contrasting Orion Digital (ORIO) and Its Competitors

Orion Digital (NASDAQ:ORIO) is one of 925 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Orion Digital to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Orion Digital has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion Digital’s competitors have a beta of 0.59, suggesting that their average stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

14.8% of Orion Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Orion Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orion Digital and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Digital	$68.07 million	-$6.11 million	-2.10
Orion Digital Competitors	$54.02 billion	$2.39 billion	22.47

Orion Digital’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Orion Digital. Orion Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Orion Digital and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Digital	1	1	0	0	1.50
Orion Digital Competitors	7361	29674	27084	1356	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Orion Digital’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Orion Digital has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Digital and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orion Digital	-24.49%	-6.17%	-2.56%
Orion Digital Competitors	14.93%	9.46%	0.92%

Summary

Orion Digital competitors beat Orion Digital on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Orion Digital Company Profile

Mogo Inc. operates as a financial technology company in Canada and internationally. The company provides digital solutions to the consumers to get in control of their financial health. It offers Mogo app to access a digital spending account with Mogo Visa Platinum Prepaid Card; MogoCrypto that enables the buying and selling of bitcoin; MogoProtect, a free ID fraud protection and monthly credit score monitoring; MogoMortgage, a digital mortgage experience; and MogoMoney that provides access to personal loans. The company also offers Mogo Trade, a free stock trading platform with real-time stock quotes and funding; and Mogo Ventures to manage its existing investments in strategic partners and companies. In addition, it operates Carta, a digital payments software platform that enable financial technology companies, banks, and corporations to issue payment products to consumers via multiple channels, including physical, virtual, and tokenized cards, as well as payment switching and routing services. Mogo Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.