CACC vs. SLM, NNI, OMF, ENVA, WAL, AGNC, FR, RHP, BRX, and STAG
Should you be buying Credit Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credit Acceptance include SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), Enova International (ENVA), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), AGNC Investment (AGNC), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), and STAG Industrial (STAG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) and Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
SLM presently has a consensus target price of $19.77, indicating a potential downside of 8.46%. Credit Acceptance has a consensus target price of $381.75, indicating a potential downside of 30.79%. Given Credit Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SLM is more favorable than Credit Acceptance.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Credit Acceptance. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credit Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SLM received 144 more outperform votes than Credit Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.23% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Credit Acceptance an outperform vote.
98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of SLM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Credit Acceptance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SLM has a net margin of 20.65% compared to SLM's net margin of 15.04%. Credit Acceptance's return on equity of 36.86% beat SLM's return on equity.
SLM has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SLM had 3 more articles in the media than Credit Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SLM and 4 mentions for Credit Acceptance. SLM's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Credit Acceptance's score of 0.31 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
SLM beats Credit Acceptance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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