MTA vs LU Stock Comparison

Metalla Royalty & Streaming and Lufax Holding Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LU Lufax Holding Ltd
$8.15 +552.0% 1M +173.5% 1Y
Market cap
$682.08M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.75B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Finance Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

6 decided of 12

Metalla Royalty & Streaming leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Metalla Royalty & Streaming 4, Lufax Holding 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMTALULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $703.07M $682.08M MTA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -407.1x -1.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 156.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +194.2% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -11.1% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.0% 0.0% 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 +15.3% +173.5% LU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.6%/yr -20.2%/yr MTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.1% 235.2% MTA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 51/100 LU

Percentile Scorecard

MTALU

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

AxisMTALU
Valuation 16 #143 of 169 88 #21 of 169
Growth 99 #2 of 162 46 #88 of 162
Profitability 26 #111 of 149 31 #103 of 149
Financial Health 96 #7 of 158 40 #96 of 158
Shareholder Returns 16 #114 of 136 –
Overall 51 51
  • MTA ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • LU 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

PeriodMTALUSPY
1 month -18.6%+552.0% +0.9%
3 months +6.1%+429.2% +5.9%
6 months +20.7%+338.2% +8.5%
Year to date +0.5%+218.4% +13.3%
1 year +15.3%+173.5% +12.4%
3 years +170.6%+114.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +39.4%+29.0% +23.5%
5 years +2.9%-67.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +0.6%-20.2% +11.0%
10 years +858.3%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +25.4%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureMTALUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.1%235.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 58.7%57.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.240.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.280.74 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.6%-97.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.1%-4.1% -0.9%
52-week high $11.35$8.50 $779.14
52-week low $6.06$0.83 $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.

MultipleMTALU
P/E now vs peer median -418.9xmedian 11.4x -1.7xmedian 11.4x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 0.2xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 156.8xmedian 11.3x —median 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 134.0xmedian 6.9x 0.5xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 0.7x 0.1xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median -7.03median 0.34 0.03median 0.34

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 monthsMTALU
Revenue – $3.75B
Gross profit $13.59M –
Operating income $2.62M –
Net income -$440.00K -$368.79M
Free cash flow $5.42M $1.38B
EPS (diluted) $-0.02 $-4.79
Cash & equivalents $10.67M –
Total debt $49.93M $10.83B
Shares (diluted) 92.51M 86.67M
Enterprise value $660.20M -$4.05B

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
MetricMTALU
P/E -418.9x -1.7x
P/FCF 134.0x 0.5x
P/Operating cash flow 134.0x 0.5x
P/S – 0.2x
P/B 2.8x 0.1x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 0.1x
EV/EBITDA 156.8x –
EV/EBIT 277.4x -67.8x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x
EV/FCF 134.3x 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 134.3x 7.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -7.03 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMTALU
Revenue growth (1Y) – 194.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -12.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 130.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 114.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 237.2% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) 90.7% 12.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 70.8% -65.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 63.4% 28.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 59.6% -61.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 280.4% 114.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 70.1% -13.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 280.4% 114.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 70.1% -13.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMTALU
Gross margin – –
EBITDA margin – –
Operating margin – –
Pretax margin – -2.9%
Net margin – -11.1%
FCF margin – 36.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 36.7%
Return on equity -0.7% -3.1%
Return on assets -0.6% -1.2%
Return on invested capital 1.0% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 1.0% –
Asset turnover – 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -12.3x -3.7x
Stock comp / revenue – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMTALU
Debt / assets 4.5% 35.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x –
Debt / FCF 2.3x 7.9x
Liabilities / assets 6.3% 61.5%
Equity / assets 93.7% 38.5%
Interest coverage 1.9x -3.2x
Current ratio 4.5x –
Quick ratio 4.4x –
Cash ratio 3.0x –
Altman Z-score – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMTALU
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusMTALU
Forward P/E 156.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.05FY2026 $-3.19FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +240.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.29MFY2026 $4.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +54.5%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +85.2% -9.3%

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

MTALU
MTA 1.00 0.00
LU 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MTA and LU?

Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) $703.07M, Lufax Holding (LU) $682.08M.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lufax Holding (LU) returned the most: Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) +15.3%, Lufax Holding (LU) +173.5%. Over five years, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) compounded fastest (Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) +0.6%/yr, Lufax Holding (LU) -20.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) has been the steadiest (Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) 55.1%, Lufax Holding (LU) 235.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do MTA and LU move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of -0.00, a negative relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, MTA and LU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Metalla Royalty & Streaming (MTA) 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.