ECPG vs. PRAA, PSBD, MFIC, CIM, EFC, SASR, GABC, QCRH, BBDC, and PGRE
Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include PRA Group (PRAA), Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Chimera Investment (CIM), Ellington Financial (EFC), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), German American Bancorp (GABC), QCR (QCRH), Barings BDC (BBDC), and Paramount Group (PGRE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
PRA Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Encore Capital Group received 80 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.61% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PRA Group had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PRA Group and 1 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat PRA Group's score of 0.00 indicating that PRA Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PRA Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.32%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.74%. Given PRA Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than PRA Group.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PRA Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PRA Group has a net margin of -10.40% compared to PRA Group's net margin of -16.89%. PRA Group's return on equity of 9.46% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.
PRA Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. PRA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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