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Atlanticus (ATLC) Competitors

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$37.19
-0.42 (-1.12%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

ATLC vs. WRLD, RM, TFIN, ITCLY, MBIN, NTB, LOB, PWP, CIFR, and CLBK

Should you be buying Atlanticus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlanticus include World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Banco Itau Chile Spon (ITCLY), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Live Oak Bancshares (LOB), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Columbia Financial (CLBK).

Atlanticus vs.

Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) and World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

World Acceptance has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Atlanticus' net margin of 8.42%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 25.32% beat World Acceptance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atlanticus8.42% 25.32% 3.73%
World Acceptance 15.02%20.05%7.84%

Atlanticus currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.13%. Given Atlanticus' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atlanticus is more favorable than World Acceptance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atlanticus
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
World Acceptance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Atlanticus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than World Acceptance. World Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlanticus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atlanticus$262.48M2.11$102.85M$4.218.90
World Acceptance$514.28M1.33$77.35M$14.717.93

World Acceptance received 153 more outperform votes than Atlanticus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.18% of users gave Atlanticus an outperform vote while only 55.29% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AtlanticusOutperform Votes
129
64.18%
Underperform Votes
72
35.82%
World AcceptanceOutperform Votes
282
55.29%
Underperform Votes
228
44.71%

14.1% of Atlanticus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of World Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Atlanticus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of World Acceptance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Atlanticus has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, World Acceptance has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, World Acceptance had 8 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for World Acceptance and 2 mentions for Atlanticus. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat World Acceptance's score of 1.23 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atlanticus
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
World Acceptance
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Atlanticus beats World Acceptance on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATLC vs. The Competition

MetricAtlanticusCredit Services IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$552.79M$5.12B$4.43B$8.40B
Dividend YieldN/A9.29%4.57%4.20%
P/E Ratio8.90274.01421.0217.73
Price / Sales2.11116.052,778.5878.19
Price / Cash4.4711.9947.6933.56
Price / Book1.392.701.484.59
Net Income$102.85M$351.07M$517.98M$225.45M
7 Day Performance1.71%154.48%6.16%-0.22%
1 Month Performance6.87%-1.35%-0.40%1.93%
1 Year Performance28.13%39.11%19.40%33.41%

Atlanticus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATLC
Atlanticus
3.1089 of 5 stars
$37.19
-1.1%
$41.00
+10.2%
+29.8%$548.37M$262.48M8.83386Positive News
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.9206 of 5 stars
$116.04
+0.6%
N/A+22.1%$678.83M$573.21M7.892,872Positive News
RM
Regional Management
4.0917 of 5 stars
$28.81
+0.5%
$31.50
+9.3%
+17.8%$292.71M$551.40M11.392,081Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
TFIN
Triumph Financial
1.4333 of 5 stars
$89.69
+1.5%
$71.60
-20.2%
+47.8%$2.10B$472.59M114.991,468
ITCLY
Banco Itau Chile Spon
N/A$3.10
+1.1%
N/AN/A$2.01B$3.99B4.707,820Gap Down
MBIN
Merchants Bancorp
2.9972 of 5 stars
$43.51
+1.3%
$56.00
+28.7%
+21.2%$1.99B$1.19B6.64480Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NTB
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
1.8956 of 5 stars
$37.54
+2.1%
$39.60
+5.5%
+48.2%$1.89B$576.38M8.361,334Dividend Announcement
LOB
Live Oak Bancshares
3.7654 of 5 stars
$40.33
+1.7%
$48.25
+19.6%
+37.9%$1.81B$469.13M18.42987Analyst Forecast
PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners
0.6646 of 5 stars
$20.73
+1.5%
$18.83
-9.1%
+109.0%$1.78B$648.65M-7.20600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CIFR
Cipher Mining
3.9739 of 5 stars
$5.71
+4.6%
$7.21
+26.3%
+51.3%$1.77B$158.67M95.1810Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
CLBK
Columbia Financial
0.8822 of 5 stars
$16.85
+1.0%
$17.00
+0.9%
+7.9%$1.77B$216.62M93.61750Earnings Report
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ATLC) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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