ATLC vs. RM, LPRO, WRLD, LC, APLD, MCI, FFIC, TYG, TPVG, and SHBI
Should you be buying Atlanticus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlanticus include Regional Management (RM), Open Lending (LPRO), World Acceptance (WRLD), LendingClub (LC), Applied Digital (APLD), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), and Shore Bancshares (SHBI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) and Regional Management (NYSE:RM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Atlanticus had 2 more articles in the media than Regional Management. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Atlanticus and 2 mentions for Regional Management. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Regional Management's score of 0.16 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Atlanticus presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.55%. Regional Management has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. Given Atlanticus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atlanticus is more favorable than Regional Management.
Atlanticus has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional Management has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atlanticus has a net margin of 8.90% compared to Regional Management's net margin of 2.89%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 27.93% beat Regional Management's return on equity.
Atlanticus has higher revenue and earnings than Regional Management. Atlanticus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.2% of Atlanticus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.4% of Atlanticus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Regional Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Regional Management received 179 more outperform votes than Atlanticus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.23% of users gave Atlanticus an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote.
Summary
Atlanticus beats Regional Management on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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