RM vs. ECPG, PRAA, EZPW, WRLD, GDOT, AXP, COF, DFS, SLM, and CACC
Should you be buying Regional Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regional Management include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), EZCORP (EZPW), World Acceptance (WRLD), Green Dot (GDOT), 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.
Regional Management vs.
Regional Management (NYSE:RM) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Regional Management had 6 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Regional Management and 1 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Regional Management's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Regional Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regional Management has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regional Management presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.06%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Regional Management.
Encore Capital Group received 32 more outperform votes than Regional Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote.
98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Regional Management 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Regional Management has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Regional Management's return on equity.
Regional Management has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats Regional Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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