Financial Review: Orion Digital (ORIO) and The Competition

Orion Digital (NASDAQ:ORIO) is one of 925 publicly-traded 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, valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional 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, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Digital	$49.11 million	-$6.11 million	-1.96
Orion Digital Competitors	$174.13 billion	$2.39 billion	22.60

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.

Volatility & Risk

Orion Digital has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share 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 share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Orion Digital and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orion Digital	1	1	0	0	1.50
Orion Digital Competitors	7350	29653	27040	1353	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 8.95%. Given Orion Digital’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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.