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Atlanticus (ATLC) Competitors

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$57.54 -0.10 (-0.17%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ATLC vs. EBC, CLSK, AVAL, BBAR, FHB, IREN, INTR, BUR, ENVA, and PRK

Should you be buying Atlanticus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlanticus include Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Cleanspark (CLSK), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), BBVA Banco Frances (BBAR), First Hawaiian (FHB), IREN (IREN), Inter & Co. Inc. (INTR), Burford Capital (BUR), Enova International (ENVA), and Park National (PRK). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Atlanticus vs. Its Competitors

Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLC) and Eastern Bankshares (NASDAQ:EBC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Atlanticus has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastern Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Atlanticus has a net margin of 8.54% compared to Eastern Bankshares' net margin of -15.56%. Atlanticus' return on equity of 24.51% beat Eastern Bankshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atlanticus8.54% 24.51% 3.76%
Eastern Bankshares -15.56%6.42%0.91%

Atlanticus currently has a consensus target price of $62.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Eastern Bankshares has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Eastern Bankshares' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eastern Bankshares is more favorable than Atlanticus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atlanticus
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Eastern Bankshares
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Eastern Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Atlanticus. Eastern Bankshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlanticus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atlanticus$1.31B0.66$111.30M$5.1711.13
Eastern Bankshares$1.09B3.11$119.56M-$0.65-24.35

14.2% of Atlanticus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Atlanticus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Eastern Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Eastern Bankshares had 3 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eastern Bankshares and 2 mentions for Atlanticus. Atlanticus' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Eastern Bankshares' score of 0.32 indicating that Atlanticus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atlanticus
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eastern Bankshares
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Atlanticus beats Eastern Bankshares on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ATLC vs. The Competition

MetricAtlanticusFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$871.88M$7.69B$12.05B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A4.75%5.53%4.08%
P/E Ratio11.1317.8019.9520.04
Price / Sales0.665.0925.76108.84
Price / Cash6.6222.5818.7228.59
Price / Book1.732.672.255.55
Net Income$111.30M$306.40M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance3.83%3.41%0.54%4.87%
1 Month Performance11.49%8.34%3.39%6.63%
1 Year Performance86.70%24.36%540.31%20.38%

Atlanticus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATLC
Atlanticus
1.878 of 5 stars
$57.54
-0.2%
$62.60
+8.8%
+89.9%$871.88M$1.31B11.13330
EBC
Eastern Bankshares
4.3909 of 5 stars
$15.83
-1.8%
$19.25
+21.6%
+15.6%$3.44B$1.09B-24.351,998
CLSK
Cleanspark
3.4095 of 5 stars
$11.33
-7.5%
$20.38
+79.8%
-29.4%$3.44B$378.97M-11.80130Gap Down
AVAL
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
N/A$2.85
-1.4%
N/A+33.2%$3.43B$9.07B11.4070,271
BBAR
BBVA Banco Frances
4.8674 of 5 stars
$15.42
-5.8%
$22.50
+45.9%
+74.2%$3.34B$4.86B9.026,289Positive News
FHB
First Hawaiian
2.527 of 5 stars
$26.27
-0.5%
$27.36
+4.1%
+27.8%$3.32B$1.17B14.282,000News Coverage
IREN
IREN
2.7436 of 5 stars
$16.95
+0.8%
$20.30
+19.8%
+12.8%$3.16B$372.10M0.00100Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INTR
Inter & Co. Inc.
2.7716 of 5 stars
$6.97
-1.1%
$6.37
-8.7%
+13.5%$3.10B$1.31B17.004,333
BUR
Burford Capital
4.2965 of 5 stars
$14.10
flat
$18.00
+27.7%
+8.6%$3.08B$546.09M15.16140Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ENVA
Enova International
2.2658 of 5 stars
$116.08
+0.2%
$111.00
-4.4%
+89.8%$2.94B$2.66B13.671,787
PRK
Park National
2.0497 of 5 stars
$174.49
-1.6%
$177.75
+1.9%
+23.9%$2.87B$528.91M18.741,790Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:ATLC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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