PSBD vs. ECPG, PRAA, MCVT, OCTO, PPBI, BKU, HPH, FFBC, PLMR, and UE
Should you be buying Palmer Square Capital BDC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palmer Square Capital BDC include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), Mill City Ventures III (MCVT), Eightco (OCTO), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), BankUnited (BKU), Highest Performances (HPH), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Palomar (PLMR), and Urban Edge Properties (UE).
Palmer Square Capital BDC (NYSE:PSBD) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
6.5% of Palmer Square Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Palmer Square Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $16.93, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.32%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Palmer Square Capital BDC.
Encore Capital Group received 318 more outperform votes than Palmer Square Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Palmer Square Capital BDC an outperform vote.
Palmer Square Capital BDC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than Palmer Square Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 0 mentions for Palmer Square Capital BDC. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Palmer Square Capital BDC's score of 0.00 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Palmer Square Capital BDC has a net margin of 84.94% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -16.30%. Palmer Square Capital BDC's return on equity of 18.90% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats Palmer Square Capital BDC on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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