NNI vs. CACC, SLM, ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, RM, NICK, and AXP
Should you be buying Nelnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nelnet include Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), and American Express (AXP). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) and Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Nelnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Credit Acceptance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nelnet. Credit Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nelnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Credit Acceptance has a net margin of 12.83% compared to Nelnet's net margin of 6.54%. Credit Acceptance's return on equity of 30.70% beat Nelnet's return on equity.
33.5% of Nelnet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of Nelnet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Credit Acceptance received 69 more outperform votes than Nelnet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.84% of users gave Nelnet an outperform vote while only 51.31% of users gave Credit Acceptance an outperform vote.
Nelnet presently has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.46%. Credit Acceptance has a consensus target price of $402.33, suggesting a potential downside of 15.89%. Given Nelnet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nelnet is more favorable than Credit Acceptance.
In the previous week, Credit Acceptance had 7 more articles in the media than Nelnet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Credit Acceptance and 3 mentions for Nelnet. Credit Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Nelnet's score of 0.55 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Credit Acceptance beats Nelnet on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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