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NYSE:CURO

CURO Group (CURO) Competitors

$1.11
-0.03 (-2.63%)
(As of 09/22/2023 08:51 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$1.10
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$1.16
50-Day Range
$1.08
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$1.68
52-Week Range
$1.00
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$5.57
Volume
43,900 shs
Average Volume
146,023 shs
Market Capitalization
$45.79 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$3.50
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability

CURO vs. ARBK, SHFS, JFU, PWM, GREE, MEGL, BTCS, BTM, MFIN, and SNFCA

Should you be buying CURO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CURO Group include Argo Blockchain (ARBK), SHF (SHFS), 9F (JFU), Prestige Wealth (PWM), Greenidge Generation (GREE), Magic Empire Global (MEGL), BTCS (BTCS), Bitcoin Depot (BTM), Medallion Financial (MFIN), and Security National Financial (SNFCA). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.

CURO Group vs.

CURO Group (NYSE:CURO) and Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

CURO Group has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CURO Group received 256 more outperform votes than Argo Blockchain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave CURO Group an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Argo Blockchain an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CURO GroupOutperform Votes
274
62.56%
Underperform Votes
164
37.44%
Argo BlockchainOutperform Votes
18
39.13%
Underperform Votes
28
60.87%

36.5% of CURO Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Argo Blockchain shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of CURO Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Argo Blockchain has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CURO Group's net margin of -32.89%. Argo Blockchain's return on equity of 0.00% beat CURO Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CURO Group-32.89% -71.92% -6.12%
Argo Blockchain N/A N/A N/A

CURO Group currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 215.32%. Argo Blockchain has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 164.42%. Given CURO Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CURO Group is more favorable than Argo Blockchain.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CURO Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Argo Blockchain
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

In the previous week, Argo Blockchain had 1 more articles in the media than CURO Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Argo Blockchain and 0 mentions for CURO Group. Argo Blockchain's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat CURO Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Argo Blockchain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
CURO Group Neutral
Argo Blockchain Positive

CURO Group has higher revenue and earnings than Argo Blockchain.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CURO Group$567.74M0.08-$185.48M-$6.88-0.16
Argo Blockchain$58.58M0.95-$240.24MN/AN/A

Summary

CURO Group and Argo Blockchain tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CURO vs. The Competition

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MetricCURO GroupNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.79M$5.18B$7.22B$15.28B
Dividend YieldN/A5.51%8.71%3.70%
P/E Ratio-0.1611.4767.3221.73
Price / Sales0.0814.30166.988.69
Price / Cash0.3518.2524.7817.11
Price / Book-0.831.631.966.55
Net Income-$185.48M$427.79M$715.44M$900.93M
7 Day Performance-10.48%-4.96%-1.97%-2.91%
1 Month Performance-0.89%-3.38%2.01%-2.65%
1 Year Performance-77.93%-1.22%4.39%8.48%

CURO Group Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARBK
Argo Blockchain
1.8836 of 5 stars		$1.08
-1.8%		$2.75
+154.6%		-73.0%$57.81M$58.58M0.0082Positive News
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SHFS
SHF
2.1732 of 5 stars		$0.81
+3.8%		$1.50
+84.3%		N/A$37.65M$9.48M-0.3565Gap Down
JFU
9F
0 of 5 stars		$2.92
+4.3%		N/A-53.5%$34.32M$81.43M0.00331
PWM
Prestige Wealth
0 of 5 stars		$3.46
-6.7%		N/AN/A$31.14MN/A0.006Positive News
GREE
Greenidge Generation
1.8025 of 5 stars		$4.28
+1.7%		$20.00
+367.3%		-80.6%$30.99M$89.98M-0.10347Positive News
MEGL
Magic Empire Global
0 of 5 stars		1.24
flat		N/A-73.8%$25.12M$9.43M0.009Positive News
BTCS
BTCS
1.3843 of 5 stars		$1.03
flat		N/AN/A$14.76M$1.69M-2.945News Coverage
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BTM
Bitcoin Depot
2.0285 of 5 stars		$2.67
-1.5%		$7.50
+180.9%		N/A$153.61MN/A0.00107Gap Up
MFIN
Medallion Financial
2.0895 of 5 stars		$7.78
-1.5%		$10.50
+35.0%		+6.3%$181.74M$206.15M3.57158
SNFCA
Security National Financial
0 of 5 stars		$7.98
flat		N/A+30.9%$182.90M$389.65M6.901,624Positive News
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This page (NYSE:CURO) was last updated on 9/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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