PRG vs. AL, MGRC, UPBD, CTOS, KPLT, FPAY, EHGO, URI, AER, and BOKF
Should you be buying PROG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROG include Air Lease (AL), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), Upbound Group (UPBD), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Katapult (KPLT), FlexShopper (FPAY), Eshallgo (EHGO), United Rentals (URI), AerCap (AER), and BOK Financial (BOKF).
PROG vs.
PROG (NYSE:PRG) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both finance 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.
Air Lease has higher revenue and earnings than PROG. PROG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.9% of PROG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of PROG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Lease received 553 more outperform votes than PROG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.43% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave PROG an outperform vote.
Air Lease has a net margin of 15.65% compared to PROG's net margin of 8.01%. PROG's return on equity of 24.25% beat Air Lease's return on equity.
In the previous week, PROG had 14 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for PROG and 9 mentions for Air Lease. PROG's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Air Lease's score of 0.34 indicating that PROG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PROG pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PROG pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Lease pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Air Lease has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Air Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PROG has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PROG currently has a consensus target price of $53.83, suggesting a potential upside of 83.20%. Air Lease has a consensus target price of $58.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.78%. Given PROG's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PROG is more favorable than Air Lease.
Summary
PROG beats Air Lease on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
