CACC vs. SLM, NNI, OMF, ENVA, WTFC, FR, RHP, STAG, HLNE, and BNRE
Should you be buying Credit Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credit Acceptance include SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), Enova International (ENVA), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), STAG Industrial (STAG), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), and Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) and SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to Credit Acceptance's net margin of 12.83%. SLM's return on equity of 45.65% beat Credit Acceptance's return on equity.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Credit Acceptance. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credit Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Credit Acceptance presently has a consensus target price of $402.33, suggesting a potential downside of 19.05%. SLM has a consensus target price of $21.32, suggesting a potential upside of 0.75%. Given SLM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SLM is more favorable than Credit Acceptance.
81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of SLM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SLM received 148 more outperform votes than Credit Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 51.31% of users gave Credit Acceptance an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SLM had 7 more articles in the media than Credit Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SLM and 7 mentions for Credit Acceptance. Credit Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat SLM's score of 0.57 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLM has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SLM beats Credit Acceptance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CACC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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