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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
goeasy has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Propel has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
goeasy has a net margin of 19.49% compared to Propel's net margin of 11.19%. Propel's return on equity of 37.46% beat goeasy's return on equity.
goeasy currently has a consensus target price of C$223.78, suggesting a potential upside of 32.52%. Given goeasy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.
In the previous week, goeasy had 2 more articles in the media than Propel. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for goeasy and 9 mentions for Propel. Propel's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat goeasy's score of 0.29 indicating that Propel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. goeasy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Propel pays out 34.6% 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 received 369 more outperform votes than Propel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.21% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Propel an outperform vote.
Summary
goeasy beats Propel on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PRL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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