OCSL vs. ENVA, LC, WRLD, LPRO, ATLC, NNI, OMF, HG, GNL, and NTB
Should you be buying Oaktree Specialty Lending stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oaktree Specialty Lending include Enova International (ENVA), LendingClub (LC), World Acceptance (WRLD), Open Lending (LPRO), Atlanticus (ATLC), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Global Net Lease (GNL), and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Enova International (NYSE:ENVA) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Enova International presently has a consensus target price of $64.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Given Enova International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oaktree Specialty Lending is more favorable than Enova International.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 154 more outperform votes than Enova International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.10% of users gave Enova International an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
Enova International has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enova International had 8 more articles in the media than Oaktree Specialty Lending. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Enova International and 5 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending. Oaktree Specialty Lending's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Enova International's score of 0.45 indicating that Enova International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 28.81% compared to Oaktree Specialty Lending's net margin of 7.69%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity of 15.45% beat Enova International's return on equity.
89.4% of Enova International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Enova International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enova International has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Enova International beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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