PRAA vs. ECPG, PSBD, ARR, OBK, OCFC, OBNK, BY, AHH, TRUP, and LC
Should you be buying PRA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PRA Group include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Byline Bancorp (BY), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Trupanion (TRUP), and LendingClub (LC). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
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.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PRA Group 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.
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.
Encore Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.24%. PRA Group has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.75%. Given PRA Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than PRA Group.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PRA Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, PRA Group had 2 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PRA Group and 1 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat PRA Group's score of 0.00 indicating that PRA Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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