RM vs. ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, NICK, AXP, COF, DFS, and CACC
Should you be buying Regional Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regional Management include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Nicholas Financial (NICK), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), and Credit Acceptance (CACC). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
Regional Management (NYSE:RM) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Regional Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regional Management has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Regional Management has a net margin of 4.01% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -16.30%. Regional Management's return on equity of 10.70% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
Encore Capital Group received 25 more outperform votes than Regional Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Regional Management had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Regional Management and 3 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Regional Management's score of 0.39 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.9% of Regional Management shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Regional Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Regional Management presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.30%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Regional Management.
Summary
Regional Management and Encore Capital Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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