WRLD vs. ECPG, PRAA, EZPW, GDOT, ATLC, RM, NICK, ENVA, NNI, and SLM
Should you be buying World Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of World Acceptance include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Atlanticus (ATLC), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), Enova International (ENVA), Nelnet (NNI), and SLM (SLM).
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group and Encore Capital Group both had 3 articles in the media. World Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 0.91 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.6% of World Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.9% of World Acceptance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Encore Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.32%. World Acceptance has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential downside of 56.42%. Given World Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than World Acceptance.
World Acceptance has a net margin of 13.49% compared to World Acceptance's net margin of -16.30%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 18.88% beat World Acceptance's return on equity.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, World Acceptance has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
World Acceptance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than World Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Encore Capital Group received 43 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.
Summary
World Acceptance beats Encore Capital Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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