NewtekOne has dipped 7% year-to-date, trading at one of its lowest sales multiples since converting from a BDC to a bank. NEWT's deposits surged 39.5% sequentially, with total assets up 50% year-over-year. The company reported fiscal 2024 fourth quarter revenue growth of 31% year-over-year and upped 2025 EPS guidance.
Upstart Holdings faces economic weakness fears, though loan origination and conversion rates have improved. The AI lending platform aims for $1 billion in 2025 revenue, further expanding into auto lending and HELOC markets. The key UMI index already suggests a tough lending environment, with ultimate upside on an improving market in the next 1 to 2 years.
Upstart has shown strong execution, with improved underwriting algorithms boosting top-line growth. The company has seen revenue growth accelerate and management expects further acceleration into 2025. This acceleration in growth is expected to coincide with a return to GAAP profitability.
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The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 2.27%) has spent much of March more than 10% off its all-time high, which put the index in correction territory. But Wall Street analysts see that drawdown an opportunity to buy shares of Arm Holdings (ARM 4.93%) and Upstart Holdings (UPST 6.25%).
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Financial technology company Upstart (UPST -11.71%) has taken investors on quite a bumpy ride over the past year or so. After falling dramatically in the post-pandemic years, Upstart's stock price more than quadrupled from its 52-week low after three consecutive strong earnings reports.
For much of the last two-and-a-half years, optimists have held the reins on Wall Street. Over that time, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average, widely followed S&P 500, and growth-centric Nasdaq Composite have all rallied to multiple record-closing highs.
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