ECPG vs. PLBC, ASFI, NNI, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, RM, NICK, and AXP
Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Asta Funding (ASFI), Nelnet (NNI), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), and American Express (AXP).
Plumas Bancorp (NASDAQ:PLBC) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
41.7% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Plumas Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plumas Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plumas Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.32%. Given Plumas Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Plumas Bancorp.
Plumas Bancorp has a net margin of 33.12% compared to Plumas Bancorp's net margin of -16.30%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 20.39% beat Plumas Bancorp's return on equity.
Plumas Bancorp has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Encore Capital Group received 209 more outperform votes than Plumas Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.78% of users gave Plumas Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Plumas Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 2 mentions for Plumas Bancorp. Plumas Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 0.87 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Plumas Bancorp beats Encore Capital Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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