Head-To-Head Comparison: Orion Digital (ORIO) versus The Competition

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.8% of Orion Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Orion Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orion Digital and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Digital	$49.11 million	-$6.11 million	-1.96
Orion Digital Competitors	$9.82 billion	$2.39 billion	22.59

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Orion Digital and its peers, 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	7351	29653	27045	1353	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 8.78%. Given Orion Digital’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Digital has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Digital and its peers’ 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%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Orion Digital peers 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.