Comparing Orion Digital (ORIO) and Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Orion Digital and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Digital	1	1	0	0	1.50
Orion Digital Competitors	7363	29680	27093	1358	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 10.99%. Given Orion Digital’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

14.8% of Orion Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Orion Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & 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	-2.02
Orion Digital Competitors	$13.45 billion	$2.39 billion	22.42

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.

Risk and Volatility

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.

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.