RealReal (REAL) Competitors

EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate EZPW or REAL?

EZCORP presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.34%. RealReal has a consensus price target of $4.46, suggesting a potential upside of 0.64%. Given EZCORP's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe EZCORP is more favorable than RealReal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EZCORP	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
RealReal	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk & volatility, EZPW or REAL?

EZCORP has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RealReal has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EZPW or REAL?

EZCORP received 195 more outperform votes than RealReal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.77% of users gave RealReal an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EZCORP	Outperform Votes 325 56.33%	Underperform Votes 252 43.67%
RealReal	Outperform Votes 130 56.77%	Underperform Votes 99 43.23%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EZPW or REAL?

EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than RealReal. RealReal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EZCORP, 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
EZCORP	$1.16B	0.57	$83.10M	$1.11	10.89
RealReal	$549.30M	0.88	-$168.47M	-$0.88	-5.03

Is EZPW or REAL more profitable?

EZCORP has a net margin of 7.15% compared to RealReal's net margin of -15.08%. EZCORP's return on equity of 10.65% beat RealReal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EZCORP	7.15%	10.65%	5.65%
RealReal	-15.08%	N/A	-17.46%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EZPW or REAL?

99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of RealReal shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of RealReal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to EZPW or REAL?

In the previous week, EZCORP had 7 more articles in the media than RealReal. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for EZCORP and 7 mentions for RealReal. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat RealReal's score of 0.29 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EZCORP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RealReal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

EZCORP beats RealReal on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.