Orion Digital (ORIO) & Its Competitors Critical Analysis

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Orion Digital and its rivals, 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	7373	29723	27134	1364	2.34

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Orion Digital’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Orion Digital has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider 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 insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Orion Digital and its rivals’ 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	14.94%	9.46%	0.92%

Volatility and Risk

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orion Digital and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orion Digital	$49.11 million	-$6.11 million	-2.08
Orion Digital Competitors	$9.83 billion	$2.39 billion	22.30

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

Summary

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

About Orion Digital

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.