Better Home & Finance is now the favorite lending tech company, even over Upstart, though riskier because it is still very early. Its HELOC with a credit card turns home equity into a revolving credit line, making borrowers long-term customers and generating fees, and a Coinbase partnership lets borrowers use bitcoin or USDC as loan collateral. It grows at 40% yet trades at half Upstart's valuation, with fair value estimated at $40-50. x.com 

Nu Holdings trades at only 12x forward earnings despite strong growth, expanding profitability and operating leverage across its businesses and products. It costs under $1 to serve a customer, with no branches, paperwork or hidden fees; it reached 130+ million customers in eleven years and runs a 20% efficiency ratio versus 55% for the average bank. Per @JonahLupton, Q2 revenue rose 50% and net income 67%; he puts it near 11.2x next-twelve-month EPS with fair value of $24-28 per share. x.com  … Show more

Upstart has no AI underwriting moat; it is simply winning fewer personal-loan customers in a higher-rate environment while spending heavily. Originations rose 61% to $3.4 billion on auto (+300%) and home (+250%) with personal loans flat, but it returned to a GAAP net loss as contribution margin fell to 50% from 55% and operating expenses rose 45% to about $316 million. If the 10-year stays above 4.4%, a 55x P/E faces brutal valuation gravity, though hitting the $294M EBITDA guide would help. … Show more

SoFi Technologies is the fintech consolidation story. It is a chartered digital bank offering loans and investing all in one app. x.com 

SoFi's post-earnings selloff is a gift after 40% top-line and 60% bottom-line growth, as the one and only best-in-class neobank. At about 5.5x sales and a PEG below 1, it would be worth buying much more at $14 or $12. The negatives: contribution-margin compression in Financial Services, defaults and reserves still ticking up, and a technology segment that is now dead weight. SoFi also needs buy now, pay later to stay competitive. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Pagaya's AI credit-decisioning infrastructure, which connects lenders with borrowers more efficiently, looks underpriced by a market still figuring it out. Revenue has compounded at roughly 20%+ for years with steady quarterly growth and further acceleration expected. Banks want better underwriting and consumers want credit access, and Pagaya sits in the middle, so the model scales if it executes on expanding partnerships. It remains a higher-risk name with real upside. x.com