ECPG vs. PLBC, ASFI, NNI, PRAA, WRLD, GDOT, EZPW, RM, NICK, and AXP
Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), Asta Funding (ASFI), Nelnet (NNI), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), Green Dot (GDOT), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK), and American Express (AXP).
Plumas Bancorp (NASDAQ:PLBC) 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 profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Plumas Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plumas Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Encore Capital Group received 210 more outperform votes than Plumas Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.78% of users gave Plumas Bancorp an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote.
41.7% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Plumas Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Plumas Bancorp has a net margin of 32.14% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -15.43%. Plumas Bancorp's return on equity of 19.22% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Plumas Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Plumas Bancorp and 2 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Plumas Bancorp's score of 0.42 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plumas Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.19%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Plumas Bancorp.
Plumas Bancorp has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Plumas Bancorp beats Encore Capital Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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