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

Should you be buying Nelnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nelnet include SLM (SLM), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), PRA Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), 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

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

Nelnet pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nelnet pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SLM pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SLM has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. SLM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

SLM has a net margin of 21.05% compared to Nelnet's net margin of 9.44%. SLM's return on equity of 31.25% beat Nelnet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nelnet9.44% 6.00% 1.39%
SLM 21.05%31.25%2.12%

Nelnet has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SLM has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SLM had 14 more articles in the media than Nelnet. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SLM and 2 mentions for Nelnet. Nelnet's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat SLM's score of 0.43 indicating that Nelnet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nelnet
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SLM
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Nelnet currently has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.62%. SLM has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.30%. Given SLM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SLM is more favorable than Nelnet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nelnet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
SLM
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Nelnet. SLM 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
Nelnet$1.18B3.78$184.04M$5.2923.34
SLM$2.62B2.68$608.33M$2.7812.05

33.5% of Nelnet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. 50.9% of Nelnet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SLM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SLM beats Nelnet on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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NNI vs. The Competition

MetricNelnetFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.48B$8.27B$11.88B$20.48B
Dividend Yield0.90%3.42%5.54%3.73%
P/E Ratio23.3415.7120.0227.86
Price / Sales3.782.5025.7453.91
Price / Cash14.688.4321.4822.40
Price / Book1.361.862.284.58
Net Income$184.04M$486.48M$990.08M$985.34M
7 Day Performance0.88%-1.00%-0.20%0.19%
1 Month Performance6.58%6.09%2.78%3.88%
1 Year Performance17.81%35.21%537.84%11.32%

Nelnet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NNI
Nelnet
4.2145 of 5 stars
$123.46
-2.1%
$98.00
-20.6%
+23.2%$4.48B$1.18B23.346,739Positive News
SLM
SLM
4.6866 of 5 stars
$32.79
-0.5%
$32.30
-1.5%
+62.4%$6.92B$2.62B11.801,710Analyst Upgrade
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.5767 of 5 stars
$509.43
+1.3%
$440.00
-13.6%
-0.5%$5.83B$2.16B21.732,431Positive News
High Trading Volume
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
3.6974 of 5 stars
$38.71
-1.8%
$62.67
+61.9%
-3.2%$920.66M$1.32B-7.927,350
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.5049 of 5 stars
$165.12
-1.8%
$10.00
-93.9%
+39.7%$892.05M$564.84M10.092,838Positive News
EZPW
EZCORP
4.3091 of 5 stars
$13.88
+1.9%
$18.25
+31.5%
+40.9%$749.29M$1.16B11.668,000Analyst Forecast
PRAA
PRA Group
4.2617 of 5 stars
$14.75
-2.3%
$27.00
+83.1%
-16.0%$598.45M$1.11B8.243,115
GDOT
Green Dot
1.7533 of 5 stars
$10.80
+0.4%
$11.50
+6.5%
+15.5%$590.62M$1.72B-83.071,150News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RM
Regional Management
4.2589 of 5 stars
$29.34
+0.0%
$34.00
+15.9%
+22.4%$290.97M$588.50M8.892,131
AXP
American Express
4.7264 of 5 stars
$319.45
+0.7%
$296.05
-7.3%
+36.2%$222.22B$65.95B22.3175,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9669 of 5 stars
$212.86
+0.9%
$215.86
+1.4%
+61.7%$80.85B$53.94B17.8752,600Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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