MGRC vs. UPBD, PRG, NMIH, LU, CATY, FHI, CDP, LXP, NSA, and WSFS
Should you be buying McGrath RentCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McGrath RentCorp include Upbound Group (UPBD), PROG (PRG), NMI (NMIH), Lufax (LU), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Federated Hermes (FHI), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
McGrath RentCorp received 247 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.
McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 14.70% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of -0.61%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 33.40% beat McGrath RentCorp's return on equity.
McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Upbound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McGrath RentCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McGrath RentCorp currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.94%. Upbound Group has a consensus price target of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Upbound Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than McGrath RentCorp.
92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Upbound Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Upbound Group pays out -321.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Upbound Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Upbound Group had 1 more articles in the media than McGrath RentCorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Upbound Group and 1 mentions for McGrath RentCorp. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat McGrath RentCorp's score of 0.84 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Upbound Group beats McGrath RentCorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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