ENVA vs. OCSL, LC, WRLD, LPRO, NNI, SLM, OMF, CACC, NUV, and GCMG
Should you be buying Enova International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enova International include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), LendingClub (LC), World Acceptance (WRLD), Open Lending (LPRO), Nelnet (NNI), SLM (SLM), OneMain (OMF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), and GCM Grosvenor (GCMG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Enova International (NYSE:ENVA) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 28.81% compared to Enova International's net margin of 7.69%. Enova International's return on equity of 15.77% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.
In the previous week, Enova International had 3 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Enova International and 12 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of -0.09 indicating that Enova International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 153 more outperform votes than Enova International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.05% of users gave Enova International an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
89.4% of Enova International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Enova International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enova International has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enova International currently has a consensus target price of $67.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.88%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Given Enova International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enova International is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.
Enova International has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enova International beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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