ECPG vs. NNI, PRAA, EZPW, WRLD, GDOT, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, and SLM
Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include Nelnet (NNI), PRA Group (PRAA), EZCORP (EZPW), World Acceptance (WRLD), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), and SLM (SLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
Encore Capital Group vs.
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Encore Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.06%. Nelnet has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.83%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Nelnet.
33.5% of Nelnet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Nelnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Encore Capital Group received 64 more outperform votes than Nelnet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.50% of users gave Nelnet an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nelnet had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nelnet and 1 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Nelnet'saverage media sentiment score.
Nelnet has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Nelnet's return on equity.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nelnet has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nelnet has higher revenue and earnings than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nelnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Nelnet beats Encore Capital Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ECPG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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