PRAA vs. ECPG, PSBD, BHLB, EFC, OBK, AHH, QCRH, OBNK, LC, and MFIC
Should you be buying PRA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PRA Group include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Ellington Financial (EFC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), QCR (QCRH), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), LendingClub (LC), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
PRA Group currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.82%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.34%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than PRA Group.
PRA Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PRA Group has a net margin of -2.37% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -16.30%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 9.95% beat PRA Group's return on equity.
PRA Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. PRA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of PRA Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Encore Capital 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.
Encore Capital Group received 79 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 13 more articles in the media than PRA Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 7 mentions for PRA Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat PRA Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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