WINA vs. EZPW, ZAGG, ATV, AEO, SIG, ODP, SBH, HIBB, HZO, and BGFV
Should you be buying Winmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winmark include EZCORP (EZPW), ZAGG (ZAGG), Acorn International (ATV), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Sally Beauty (SBH), Hibbett (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV).
EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Winmark has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EZCORP. EZCORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.8% of EZCORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Winmark shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Winmark shares are held 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.
EZCORP currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.21%. Given Winmark's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EZCORP is more favorable than Winmark.
EZCORP has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winmark has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EZCORP had 1 more articles in the media than Winmark. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EZCORP and 2 mentions for Winmark. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Winmark's score of 0.87 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EZCORP received 181 more outperform votes than Winmark when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.97% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.
Winmark has a net margin of 48.36% compared to Winmark's net margin of 7.05%. Winmark's return on equity of 10.55% beat EZCORP's return on equity.
Summary
Winmark beats EZCORP on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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