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NNI vs. CACC, SLM, EZPW, ECPG, WRLD, GDOT, PRAA, RM, AXP, and COF

Should you be buying Nelnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nelnet include Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), EZCORP (EZPW), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Green Dot (GDOT), PRA Group (PRAA), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), and Capital One Financial (COF). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.

Nelnet vs. Its Competitors

Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) and Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Credit Acceptance has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Nelnet's net margin of 14.86%. Credit Acceptance's return on equity of 27.06% beat Nelnet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Credit Acceptance18.69% 27.06% 5.08%
Nelnet 14.86%10.09%2.42%

Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nelnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Nelnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Credit Acceptance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.9% of Nelnet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Credit Acceptance presently has a consensus price target of $440.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.14%. Given Credit Acceptance's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Credit Acceptance is more favorable than Nelnet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Credit Acceptance
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Nelnet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Credit Acceptance has higher revenue and earnings than Nelnet. Credit Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nelnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Credit Acceptance$2.24B2.54$247.90M$34.6914.60
Nelnet$1.38B3.47$184.04M$9.0314.69

In the previous week, Credit Acceptance had 1 more articles in the media than Nelnet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Credit Acceptance and 8 mentions for Nelnet. Credit Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Nelnet's score of 0.87 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Credit Acceptance
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nelnet
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Credit Acceptance beats Nelnet on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NNI vs. The Competition

MetricNelnetFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.80B$11.97B$12.64B$22.02B
Dividend Yield0.92%3.57%5.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio14.6920.7521.3733.12
Price / Sales3.472.4529.9160.09
Price / Cash15.498.7122.2924.22
Price / Book1.461.812.264.68
Net Income$184.04M$486.48M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.44%3.13%1.49%2.22%
1 Month Performance4.46%-3.34%-0.26%1.17%
1 Year Performance17.73%23.70%536.91%13.47%

Nelnet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NNI
Nelnet
4.5553 of 5 stars
$132.67
+0.9%
N/A+16.5%$4.80B$1.38B14.696,739News Coverage
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.9018 of 5 stars
$494.41
+0.6%
$440.00
-11.0%
+5.2%$5.52B$2.24B14.252,431News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SLM
SLM
4.8964 of 5 stars
$26.08
+1.5%
$32.89
+26.1%
+17.2%$5.36B$2.62B13.111,710Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EZPW
EZCORP
2.9934 of 5 stars
$18.75
+1.1%
$19.00
+1.3%
+56.7%$1.13B$1.16B14.658,000
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
3.9262 of 5 stars
$42.06
+1.7%
$62.67
+49.0%
-3.0%$951.77M$1.32B-11.257,350Analyst Forecast
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.5261 of 5 stars
$177.51
+2.3%
$10.00
-94.4%
+33.8%$944.68M$564.84M11.982,838Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GDOT
Green Dot
2.2617 of 5 stars
$12.63
+1.5%
$13.50
+6.9%
+11.3%$689.64M$1.93B-28.711,150
PRAA
PRA Group
4.5019 of 5 stars
$13.75
+1.6%
$27.50
+100.0%
-26.6%$528.67M$1.11B5.903,115
RM
Regional Management
3.8678 of 5 stars
$39.84
+2.2%
$34.00
-14.7%
+32.2%$381.87M$532.22M11.482,131Positive News
AXP
American Express
4.2005 of 5 stars
$349.21
+0.7%
$332.26
-4.9%
+30.8%$241.21B$65.95B23.4475,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9657 of 5 stars
$214.98
+1.7%
$252.78
+17.6%
+42.6%$135.16B$53.94B110.2552,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume

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