WRLD vs. ECPG, PRAA, EZPW, GDOT, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, SLM, and CACC
Should you be buying World Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of World Acceptance include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), SLM (SLM), and Credit Acceptance (CACC). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
World Acceptance vs.
World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
World Acceptance has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
World Acceptance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than World Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 14 more articles in the media than World Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 3 mentions for World Acceptance. World Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 0.25 indicating that World Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
World Acceptance currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 92.60%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, indicating a potential upside of 55.11%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than World Acceptance.
Encore Capital Group received 48 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.
83.6% of World Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of World Acceptance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
World Acceptance has a net margin of 14.41% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. World Acceptance's return on equity of 19.03% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
World Acceptance beats Encore Capital Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WRLD) was last updated on 2/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
