Lending technology company Upstart (UPST -4.69%) has been one of the best performers in the stock market recently, with shares up by 236% over the past year as I write this. And while the company has produced a series of impressive earnings reports over the past three quarters, a valuation of about 12 times sales might seem expensive to many investors.
Upstart Holdings (UPST -4.35%) and Pagaya Technologies (PGY -2.65%) offer similar consumer credit evaluation products, using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess credit risk faster and with more accuracy than the traditional credit scoring model. They both released excellent earnings reports last week, and their stocks jumped accordingly.
Lending technology platform Upstart (UPST -4.35%) has been one of the stock market's best performers, with shares nearly quadrupling in just one year. However, if the company keeps doing what it has been doing, there could be more upside ahead.
The stock market has been on a tear over the last couple of years. The S&P 500 delivered back-to-back annual gains of over 25% during 2023 and 2024, something it has only done on one other occasion since it was established (during the dot-com internet boom in 1997 and 1998).
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