PRAA vs. ECPG, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, RM, NICK, DNB, TRU, EFX, and MCO
Should you be buying PRA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PRA Group include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), TransUnion (TRU), Equifax (EFX), and Moody's (MCO).
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Encore Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.32%. PRA Group has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.92%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PRA Group is more favorable than Encore Capital Group.
In the previous week, PRA Group had 2 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PRA Group and 2 mentions for Encore Capital Group. PRA Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 1.51 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PRA Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Encore Capital Group. PRA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PRA Group has a net margin of -2.37% compared to PRA Group's net margin of -16.30%. PRA Group's return on equity of 9.95% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PRA Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Encore Capital Group received 78 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PRA Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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