Contrasting Mogo (MOGO) & Its Competitors

Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) is one of 272 public companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Mogo to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Mogo and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mogo	11.41%	7.78%	3.34%
Mogo Competitors	-191.25%	-37.18%	-8.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Mogo and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mogo	1	0	0	0	1.00
Mogo Competitors	1984	5637	9414	346	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Mogo’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mogo has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mogo and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mogo	$69.27 million	-$9.98 million	3.75
Mogo Competitors	$8.85 billion	$227.70 million	-31.68

Mogo’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Mogo. Mogo is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.8% of Mogo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mogo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Mogo has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mogo’s rivals have a beta of 2.12, indicating that their average stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mogo rivals beat Mogo on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Mogo Company Profile

Mogo Inc. operates as a digital finance company in Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company's digital solutions help build wealth and achieve financial freedom. It provides MogoTrade, a stock trading app; Moka; and MogoMoney that provides online personal loans. The company also offers digital loans and mortgages; and operates a digital payments platform that powers next-generation card programs for both global corporations and fintech companies in Europe and Canada. Mogo Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.