EZPW vs. EVER, GSBC, VMO, CCAP, FDUS, RDFN, CFB, CORZ, HFWA, and MCBS
Should you be buying EZCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EZCORP include EverQuote (EVER), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Redfin (RDFN), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Heritage Financial (HFWA), and MetroCity Bankshares (MCBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER) and EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
EverQuote has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EZCORP has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EZCORP has a net margin of 4.62% compared to EZCORP's net margin of -17.81%. EverQuote's return on equity of 10.37% beat EZCORP's return on equity.
In the previous week, EZCORP had 1 more articles in the media than EverQuote. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EZCORP and 3 mentions for EverQuote. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat EverQuote's score of 0.01 indicating that EverQuote is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EZCORP received 284 more outperform votes than EverQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.24% of users gave EverQuote an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.
91.5% of EverQuote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of EZCORP shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of EverQuote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EZCORP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EverQuote currently has a consensus target price of $20.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. EZCORP has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.45%. Given EverQuote's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EZCORP is more favorable than EverQuote.
EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than EverQuote. EverQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EZCORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EZCORP beats EverQuote on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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