GEO vs. BFH, GOTU, NWTN, PAYO, HURN, OPEN, DSGR, BBU, LUMN, and VOCL
Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include Bread Financial (BFH), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), NWTN (NWTN), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Bread Financial (NYSE:BFH) and The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) are both small-cap financial services 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.
Bread Financial has higher revenue and earnings than The GEO Group. Bread Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 4 more articles in the media than Bread Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The GEO Group and 2 mentions for Bread Financial. The GEO Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Bread Financial's score of 0.17 indicating that Bread Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bread Financial has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The GEO Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The GEO Group received 510 more outperform votes than Bread Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 12.20% of users gave Bread Financial an outperform vote.
Bread Financial presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.35%. The GEO Group has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.40%. Given Bread Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Bread Financial.
99.5% of Bread Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Bread Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of The GEO 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.
Bread Financial has a net margin of 13.87% compared to Bread Financial's net margin of 4.72%. The GEO Group's return on equity of 26.24% beat Bread Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Bread Financial and The GEO Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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