ENVA vs. OCSL, LC, WRLD, LPRO, NNI, SLM, OMF, CACC, NTB, and PEB
Should you be buying Enova International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enova International include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), LendingClub (LC), World Acceptance (WRLD), Open Lending (LPRO), Nelnet (NNI), SLM (SLM), OneMain (OMF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) and Enova International (NYSE:ENVA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Oaktree Specialty Lending presently has a consensus target price of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Enova International has a consensus target price of $67.60, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. Given Oaktree Specialty Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enova International is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.
In the previous week, Enova International had 11 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Enova International and 2 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.52 indicating that Oaktree Specialty Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Enova International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Enova International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enova International has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enova International has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 152 more outperform votes than Enova International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave Enova International an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 25.90% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 7.69%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 15.77% beat Enova International's return on equity.
Summary
Enova International beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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