MGRC vs. UPBD, PRG, OUT, GNW, WSFS, TCBI, FULT, DBRG, FHB, and CDP
Should you be buying McGrath RentCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McGrath RentCorp include Upbound Group (UPBD), PROG (PRG), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Genworth Financial (GNW), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Fulton Financial (FULT), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), First Hawaiian (FHB), and COPT Defense Properties (CDP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
McGrath RentCorp currently has a consensus target price of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.42%. Upbound Group has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. Given Upbound Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than McGrath RentCorp.
McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Upbound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McGrath RentCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Upbound Group had 6 more articles in the media than McGrath RentCorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Upbound Group and 8 mentions for McGrath RentCorp. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Upbound Group's score of 0.53 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 14.70% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of -0.61%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 33.40% beat McGrath RentCorp's return on equity.
McGrath RentCorp received 247 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.
McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Upbound Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 37.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Upbound Group beats McGrath RentCorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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