NICK vs. ASFI, PLBC, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, CACC, SLM, NNI, and ECPG
Should you be buying Nicholas Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nicholas Financial include Asta Funding (ASFI), Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), and Encore Capital Group (ECPG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ:NICK) and Asta Funding (NASDAQ:ASFI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Nicholas Financial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asta Funding has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Asta Funding has a net margin of 19.40% compared to Nicholas Financial's net margin of -134.48%. Asta Funding's return on equity of 3.61% beat Nicholas Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nicholas Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Asta Funding'saverage media sentiment score.
Asta Funding has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nicholas Financial.
39.9% of Nicholas Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Asta Funding shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Nicholas Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.4% of Asta Funding shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nicholas Financial received 47 more outperform votes than Asta Funding when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.44% of users gave Asta Funding an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Nicholas Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
Asta Funding beats Nicholas Financial on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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