Nicolet Bankshares (NIC) Competitors

Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) and Nicolet Bankshares (NYSE:NIC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in COOP or NIC?

89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Nicolet Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is COOP or NIC more profitable?

Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 30.07% compared to Nicolet Bankshares' net margin of 23.83%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 14.76% beat Nicolet Bankshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mr. Cooper Group	30.07%	14.76%	4.15%
Nicolet Bankshares	23.83%	10.95%	1.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COOP or NIC?

Mr. Cooper Group received 195 more outperform votes than Nicolet Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.46% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote while only 11.54% of users gave Nicolet Bankshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mr. Cooper Group	Outperform Votes 198 62.46%	Underperform Votes 119 37.54%
Nicolet Bankshares	Outperform Votes 3 11.54%	Underperform Votes 23 88.46%

Do analysts recommend COOP or NIC?

Mr. Cooper Group presently has a consensus price target of $112.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.27%. Nicolet Bankshares has a consensus price target of $119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.83%. Given Nicolet Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nicolet Bankshares is more favorable than Mr. Cooper Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mr. Cooper Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Nicolet Bankshares	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, COOP or NIC?

Mr. Cooper Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nicolet Bankshares. Mr. Cooper Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nicolet Bankshares, 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
Mr. Cooper Group	$3.02B	2.27	$669M	$10.18	10.57
Nicolet Bankshares	$349.12M	4.85	$124.06M	$8.03	13.87

Which has more risk & volatility, COOP or NIC?

Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nicolet Bankshares has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COOP or NIC?

In the previous week, Mr. Cooper Group had 6 more articles in the media than Nicolet Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group and 2 mentions for Nicolet Bankshares. Nicolet Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 1.16 indicating that Nicolet Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mr. Cooper Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nicolet Bankshares	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Mr. Cooper Group beats Nicolet Bankshares on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.