SLM vs. NNI, CACC, OMF, ENVA, OCSL, KRG, RDN, WTM, EPRT, and THG
Should you be buying SLM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLM include Nelnet (NNI), Credit Acceptance (CACC), OneMain (OMF), Enova International (ENVA), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Radian Group (RDN), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and The Hanover Insurance Group (THG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) and SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, SLM had 7 more articles in the media than Nelnet. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SLM and 8 mentions for Nelnet. Nelnet's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat SLM's score of 0.53 indicating that SLM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nelnet presently has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.91%. SLM has a consensus target price of $21.32, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. Given Nelnet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SLM is more favorable than Nelnet.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to SLM's net margin of 6.54%. Nelnet's return on equity of 45.65% beat SLM's return on equity.
33.5% of Nelnet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of Nelnet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of SLM shares are held 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.
SLM received 217 more outperform votes than Nelnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 66.84% of users gave Nelnet an outperform vote.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Nelnet. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nelnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nelnet has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLM has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nelnet pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Nelnet pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SLM pays out 13.8% 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. Nelnet has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. SLM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
SLM beats Nelnet on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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