EVER vs. EZPW, GSBC, CCAP, VMO, FDUS, RDFN, CFB, CORZ, HFWA, and OSBC
Should you be buying EverQuote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EverQuote include EZCORP (EZPW), Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Redfin (RDFN), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Core Scientific (CORZ), Heritage Financial (HFWA), and Old Second Bancorp (OSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER) and EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
EverQuote has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EZCORP has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of EverQuote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of EZCORP shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of EverQuote shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EZCORP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EZCORP has a net margin of 4.62% compared to EverQuote's net margin of -17.81%. EZCORP's return on equity of 10.37% beat EverQuote's return on equity.
EZCORP received 284 more outperform votes than EverQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.24% of users gave EverQuote an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.
EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than EverQuote. EverQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EZCORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EverQuote had 11 more articles in the media than EZCORP. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for EverQuote and 2 mentions for EZCORP. EverQuote's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat EZCORP's score of 0.03 indicating that EverQuote is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EverQuote currently has a consensus price target of $20.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. EZCORP has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.52%. Given EZCORP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EZCORP is more favorable than EverQuote.
Summary
EZCORP beats EverQuote on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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