Critical Contrast: Mogo (MOGO) and Its Rivals

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mogo and its peers top-line 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mogo. Mogo is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Mogo and its peers’ 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%

Volatility & Risk

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.8% of Mogo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mogo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Mogo and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mogo has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

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

About Mogo

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.