Atlanticus (ATLC) Competitors

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FHB or ATLC?

97.6% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Atlanticus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of First Hawaiian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.8% of Atlanticus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FHB or ATLC?

First Hawaiian presently has a consensus target price of $26.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.40%. Atlanticus has a consensus target price of $57.20, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. Given First Hawaiian's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe First Hawaiian is more favorable than Atlanticus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Hawaiian	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
Atlanticus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FHB or ATLC?

First Hawaiian has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanticus. Atlanticus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Hawaiian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Hawaiian	$797.14M	4.09	$234.98M	$1.75	14.56
Atlanticus	$276.49M	3.07	$102.85M	$4.45	12.92

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FHB or ATLC?

First Hawaiian received 146 more outperform votes than Atlanticus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.05% of users gave Atlanticus an outperform vote while only 50.45% of users gave First Hawaiian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Hawaiian	Outperform Votes 280 50.45%	Underperform Votes 275 49.55%
Atlanticus	Outperform Votes 134 65.05%	Underperform Votes 72 34.95%

Does the media favor FHB or ATLC?

In the previous week, First Hawaiian had 10 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Hawaiian and 3 mentions for Atlanticus. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat First Hawaiian's score of 0.76 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Hawaiian	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanticus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FHB or ATLC more profitable?

First Hawaiian has a net margin of 18.83% compared to Atlanticus' net margin of 8.39%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 25.14% beat First Hawaiian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Hawaiian	18.83%	8.83%	0.93%
Atlanticus	8.39%	25.14%	3.74%

Which has more risk & volatility, FHB or ATLC?

First Hawaiian has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanticus has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Hawaiian and Atlanticus tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.