CACC vs. SLM, NNI, OMF, ENVA, RHP, AGNC, IVZ, WAL, STAG, and COLD
Should you be buying Credit Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credit Acceptance include SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), Enova International (ENVA), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Invesco (IVZ), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), STAG Industrial (STAG), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) and SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to Credit Acceptance's net margin of 12.83%. SLM's return on equity of 45.65% beat Credit Acceptance's return on equity.
81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of SLM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SLM had 13 more articles in the media than Credit Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for SLM and 13 mentions for Credit Acceptance. Credit Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat SLM's score of 0.37 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SLM received 147 more outperform votes than Credit Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Credit Acceptance an outperform vote.
Credit Acceptance currently has a consensus target price of $382.33, indicating a potential downside of 22.38%. SLM has a consensus target price of $21.32, indicating a potential upside of 0.32%. Given SLM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SLM is more favorable than Credit Acceptance.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Credit Acceptance. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credit Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLM has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SLM beats Credit Acceptance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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