EZPW vs. VMO, EGBN, NYMT, FDUS, CCAP, IGIC, MUJ, AMBC, OSBC, and HUT
Should you be buying EZCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EZCORP include Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), International General Insurance (IGIC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), and Hut 8 (HUT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (NYSE:VMO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, EZCORP had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EZCORP and 2 mentions for Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat EZCORP's score of -0.49 indicating that Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EZCORP has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. EZCORP's return on equity of 10.37% beat Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust's return on equity.
EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust.
EZCORP has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EZCORP currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.57%. Given EZCORP's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe EZCORP is more favorable than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust.
99.8% of EZCORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EZCORP received 154 more outperform votes than Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.42% of users gave Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.
Summary
EZCORP beats Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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