LU vs MTA vs SRCO Stock Comparison

Lufax Holding, Metalla Royalty & Streaming and Sparta Commercial Services Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LU Lufax Holding Ltd
$8.49 +584.7% 1M +156.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.06B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.29B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Lufax Holding leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lufax Holding 4, Metalla Royalty & Streaming 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLUMTASRCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.06B $714.64M $3.82M LU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -16.1x -413.8x -1.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 154.2x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.7% — +1.9% LU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -34.1% — -974.8% LU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.1% 1.0% — MTA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +156.5% +13.2% -53.3% LU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.8%/yr -0.1%/yr -2.6%/yr MTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 235.4% 55.0% 131.8% MTA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 51/100 11/100 MTA

Percentile Scorecard

LUMTASRCO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLUMTASRCO
Valuation 41 #100 of 169 15 #144 of 169 3 #164 of 169
Growth 26 #118 of 160 99 #2 of 160 32 #109 of 160
Profitability 24 #114 of 149 28 #108 of 149 14 #129 of 149
Financial Health 40 #95 of 158 96 #7 of 158 0 #157 of 158
Shareholder Returns – 17 #113 of 136 5 #129 of 136
Overall 33 51 11
  • LU ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • MTA ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SRCO ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLUMTASRCOSPY
1 month +584.7%-23.4%-12.5% -0.2%
3 months +447.7%+4.3%-22.2% +3.9%
6 months +346.8%+16.5%-22.2% +8.2%
Year to date +231.6%-0.9%-41.7% +12.9%
1 year +156.5%+13.2%-53.3% +12.3%
3 years +123.4%+166.8%-30.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +30.8%+38.7%-11.2% +23.3%
5 years -66.9%-0.3%-12.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -19.8%-0.1%-2.6% +10.9%
10 years —+888.5%-58.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+25.8%-8.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLUMTASRCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 235.4%55.0%131.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.0%58.5%225.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.072.231.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.660.24-0.40 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.2%-71.6%-85.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.1%-32.1%-61.1% -1.2%
52-week high $8.50$11.35$0.18 $779.14
52-week low $0.83$6.06$0.06 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLUMTASRCO
P/E now vs peer median -16.8xmedian 11.1x -413.0xmedian 11.1x -1.3xmedian 11.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 2.6x —median 2.6x 12.9xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.5x 154.6xmedian 13.5x —median 13.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 7.0x 132.2xmedian 7.0x -5.7xmedian 7.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 0.7x 2.8xmedian 0.7x -0.3xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.38median 0.32 -6.93median 0.32 0.02median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLUMTASRCO
Revenue $1.29B – $296.32K
Gross profit – $13.59M $269.77K
Operating income – $2.62M -$2.29M
Net income -$381.02M -$440.00K -$2.91M
Free cash flow $747.06M $5.42M -$666.29K
EPS (diluted) $-0.51 $-0.02 $-0.05
Cash & equivalents – $10.67M $54.74K
Total debt $9.62B $49.93M $39.10M
Shares (diluted) 866.69M 92.51M 54.14M
Enterprise value $1.39B $671.78M $4.55M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLUMTASRCO
P/E -16.8x -413.0x -1.3x
P/FCF 9.8x 132.2x -5.7x
P/Operating cash flow 9.8x 132.2x -5.7x
P/S 5.7x – 12.9x
P/B 0.6x 2.8x -0.3x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 2.8x -0.3x
EV/EBITDA – 154.6x –
EV/EBIT -60.5x 273.6x -6.1x
EV/Revenue 12.3x – 47.0x
EV/FCF 21.2x 132.4x -20.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.2x 132.4x -20.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.38 -6.93 0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLUMTASRCO
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.7% – 1.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -41.4% – 5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 130.8% 2.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 114.8% 8.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 237.2% -97.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 31.1% -26.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 18.8% 90.7% -79.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -47.3% 70.8% -115.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 31.9% 63.4% -32.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -43.7% 59.6% -61.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.6% 280.4% 40.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.2% 70.1% 40.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.6% 280.4% 40.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -25.2% 70.1% 40.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLUMTASRCO
Gross margin – – 91.0%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – – -772.6%
Pretax margin -20.4% – -1,069%
Net margin -34.1% – -974.8%
FCF margin 58.1% – -224.9%
Operating cash flow margin 58.1% – -224.9%
Return on equity -3.3% -0.7% –
Return on assets -1.3% -0.6% -2,283%
Return on invested capital -1.1% 1.0% –
Return on capital employed – 1.0% –
Asset turnover 0.0x – 2.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.0x -12.3x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – 53.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLUMTASRCO
Debt / assets 32.3% 4.5% 10,856%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.0x -0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.3x –
Debt / FCF 12.9x 2.3x -15.2x
Liabilities / assets 59.8% 6.3% 14,623%
Equity / assets 40.2% 93.7% -14,523%
Interest coverage -707.1x 1.9x -2.6x
Current ratio – 4.5x 0.0x
Quick ratio – 4.4x 0.0x
Cash ratio – 3.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – – -1,311

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLUMTASRCO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -0.1% -6.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -0.1% -6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLUMTASRCO
Forward P/E – 154.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.19FY2026 $0.05FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +240.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.01BFY2026 $18.29MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +3.3%FY2026 +54.5%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -9.3% +85.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLUMTASRCO
Held by institutions 8.1% 31.2% –
Institutions holding 75 94 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -12.0% +4.5% –
Institutions buying 31 41 –
Institutions selling 29 36 –
Buyers to sellers 1.07 1.14 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LUMTASRCO
LU 1.00 0.00 0.01
MTA 0.00 1.00 0.05
SRCO 0.01 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LU, MTA and SRCO?

Lufax Holding (LU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lufax Holding (LU) $7.06B, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) $714.64M, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) $3.82M.

Which company is growing faster?

Lufax Holding (LU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lufax Holding (LU) +7.7%, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) +1.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lufax Holding (LU) has the highest net margin (Lufax Holding (LU) -34.1%, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) -974.8%). On return on invested capital, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) leads (Lufax Holding (LU) -1.1%, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) 1.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lufax Holding (LU) returned the most: Lufax Holding (LU) +156.5%, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) +13.2%, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) -53.3%. Over five years, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) compounded fastest (Lufax Holding (LU) -19.8%/yr, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) -0.1%/yr, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) -2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) has been the steadiest (Lufax Holding (LU) 235.4%, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) 55.0%, Sparta Commercial Services (SRCO) 131.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LU, MTA and SRCO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lufax Holding (LU) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.