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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Atlanticus beats Eastern Bankshares on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATLC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
