PRAA vs. ECPG, BHLB, RBCAA, OBNK, HCI, ARR, QCRH, MFIC, OBK, and GABC
Should you be buying PRA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PRA Group include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), HCI Group (HCI), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), QCR (QCRH), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), Origin Bancorp (OBK), and German American Bancorp (GABC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) 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.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 5 more articles in the media than PRA Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 4 mentions for PRA Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat PRA Group's score of 0.46 indicating that PRA Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Encore Capital Group received 79 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PRA Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Encore Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.75%. PRA Group has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.73%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PRA Group is more favorable than Encore Capital Group.
97.1% of PRA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PRA 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.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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