RM vs. ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, 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), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), 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.
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and Regional Management (NYSE:RM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Regional Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional Management has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Regional Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regional Management has a net margin of 7.01% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Regional Management's return on equity of 13.20% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group and Encore Capital Group both had 3 articles in the media. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Regional Management's score of 0.35 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Encore Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.76%. Regional Management has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.47%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Regional Management.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats Regional Management on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RM) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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