ATLC vs. LC, LPRO, WRLD, RM, ENVA, SC, DFS, AFRM, CACC, and OMF
Should you be buying Atlanticus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlanticus include LendingClub (LC), Open Lending (LPRO), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), Enova International (ENVA), Santander Consumer USA (SC), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Affirm (AFRM), Credit Acceptance (CACC), and OneMain (OMF).
Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) and LendingClub (NYSE:LC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
14.2% of Atlanticus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of LendingClub shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Atlanticus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of LendingClub shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, LendingClub had 1 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LendingClub and 6 mentions for Atlanticus. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat LendingClub's score of -0.05 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Atlanticus currently has a consensus target price of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.59%. LendingClub has a consensus target price of $11.42, indicating a potential upside of 27.99%. Given Atlanticus' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Atlanticus is more favorable than LendingClub.
Atlanticus has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendingClub has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atlanticus has a net margin of 8.67% compared to LendingClub's net margin of 4.69%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 26.67% beat LendingClub's return on equity.
Atlanticus has higher revenue and earnings than LendingClub. Atlanticus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendingClub, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LendingClub received 447 more outperform votes than Atlanticus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.89% of users gave Atlanticus an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave LendingClub an outperform vote.
Summary
Atlanticus beats LendingClub on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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