Winmark (WINA) Competitors

Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) and EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate WINA or EZPW?

Winmark currently has a consensus target price of $445.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.54%. EZCORP has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.34%. Given EZCORP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EZCORP is more favorable than Winmark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winmark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
EZCORP	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WINA or EZPW?

EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than Winmark. EZCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winmark, 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
Winmark	$83.24M	16.72	$40.18M	$10.93	36.18
EZCORP	$1.16B	0.57	$83.10M	$1.11	10.89

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WINA or EZPW?

73.3% of Winmark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Winmark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EZCORP 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.

Is WINA or EZPW more profitable?

Winmark has a net margin of 49.02% compared to EZCORP's net margin of 7.15%. EZCORP's return on equity of 10.65% beat Winmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Winmark	49.02%	-85.43%	97.81%
EZCORP	7.15%	10.65%	5.65%

Does the media prefer WINA or EZPW?

In the previous week, EZCORP had 11 more articles in the media than Winmark. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EZCORP and 1 mentions for Winmark. Winmark's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat EZCORP's score of 0.83 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Winmark	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EZCORP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, WINA or EZPW?

Winmark has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EZCORP has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WINA or EZPW?

EZCORP received 181 more outperform votes than Winmark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Winmark	Outperform Votes 144 57.14%	Underperform Votes 108 42.86%
EZCORP	Outperform Votes 325 56.33%	Underperform Votes 252 43.67%

Summary

Winmark beats EZCORP on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.