UPBD vs. PRG, MGRC, PEB, TBBK, NUV, NTB, FBK, DRH, AKR, and NWLI
Should you be buying Upbound Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upbound Group include PROG (PRG), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Bancorp (TBBK), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), FB Financial (FBK), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and National Western Life Group (NWLI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PROG (NYSE:PRG) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
PROG has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PROG had 2 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PROG and 3 mentions for Upbound Group. PROG's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Upbound Group's score of 1.21 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PROG currently has a consensus price target of $39.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Upbound Group has a consensus price target of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 22.68%. Given PROG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than PROG.
97.9% of PROG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of PROG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PROG received 17 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.73% of users gave PROG an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.
PROG has a net margin of 4.71% compared to PROG's net margin of -0.61%. PROG's return on equity of 33.40% beat Upbound Group's return on equity.
PROG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Upbound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PROG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PROG pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Upbound Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. PROG pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Upbound Group pays out -321.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Upbound Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Upbound Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
PROG beats Upbound Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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