goeasy (GSY) Competitors

Propel (TSE:PRL) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PRL or GSY?

goeasy has higher revenue and earnings than Propel. goeasy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Propel, 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
Propel	$382.44M	3.21	$38.90M	$1.43	24.94
goeasy	C$794.25M	3.66	C$265.26M	C$15.37	11.26

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PRL or GSY?

4.1% of Propel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. 33.3% of Propel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of goeasy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PRL or GSY a better dividend stock?

Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Propel pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 30.4% 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. goeasy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend PRL or GSY?

goeasy has a consensus target price of C$219.89, indicating a potential upside of 27.04%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Propel	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
goeasy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media refer more to PRL or GSY?

In the previous week, goeasy had 11 more articles in the media than Propel. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for goeasy and 29 mentions for Propel. goeasy's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Propel's score of 0.56 indicating that goeasy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Propel	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
goeasy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PRL or GSY more profitable?

goeasy has a net margin of 33.40% compared to Propel's net margin of 10.17%. Propel's return on equity of 36.84% beat goeasy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Propel	10.17%	36.84%	14.93%
goeasy	33.40%	25.28%	6.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRL or GSY?

goeasy received 368 more outperform votes than Propel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.30% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Propel an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Propel	Outperform Votes 5 45.45%	Underperform Votes 6 54.55%
goeasy	Outperform Votes 373 74.30%	Underperform Votes 129 25.70%

Which has more volatility & risk, PRL or GSY?

Propel has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

goeasy beats Propel on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.