SLM vs. OMF, CACC, NNI, ENVA, ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, GDOT, and RM
Should you be buying SLM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLM include OneMain (OMF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Nelnet (NNI), Enova International (ENVA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Green Dot (GDOT), and Regional Management (RM).
OneMain (NYSE:OMF) and SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
85.8% of OneMain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of SLM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OneMain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SLM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, SLM had 30 more articles in the media than OneMain. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for SLM and 9 mentions for OneMain. OneMain's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat SLM's score of 0.58 indicating that SLM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OneMain has higher revenue and earnings than SLM. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneMain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SLM received 18 more outperform votes than OneMain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.37% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 66.34% of users gave OneMain an outperform vote.
SLM has a net margin of 24.67% compared to SLM's net margin of 13.29%. OneMain's return on equity of 44.03% beat SLM's return on equity.
OneMain pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. OneMain pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SLM pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
OneMain has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLM has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OneMain currently has a consensus price target of $54.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.34%. SLM has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Given OneMain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SLM is more favorable than OneMain.
Summary
SLM beats OneMain on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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