PRL vs. GSY, CBL, AD.UN, VPY, ACD, RFC, CHW, MPT, CRWN, and RNP
Should you be buying Propel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Propel include goeasy (GSY), Callidus Capital (CBL), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), Versapay (VPY), Accord Financial (ACD), Rifco (RFC), Chesswood Group (CHW), Midpoint (MPT), Crown Capital Partners (CRWN), and Royalty North Partners (RNP). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Propel vs.
goeasy (TSE:GSY) and Propel (TSE:PRL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
goeasy has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Propel has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 41.67% of users gave Propel an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Propel had 1 more articles in the media than goeasy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Propel and 6 mentions for goeasy. goeasy's average media sentiment score of -0.08 beat Propel's score of -0.37 indicating that goeasy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. goeasy pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Propel pays out 39.2% 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.
goeasy presently has a consensus price target of C$219.89, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Given goeasy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.
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.
19.1% of goeasy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.1% of Propel shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of goeasy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.3% of Propel shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
goeasy beats Propel on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PRL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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