PRG vs. UPBD, MGRC, STEW, NWBI, LTC, GTY, HMN, JBGS, WT, and FINV
Should you be buying PROG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROG include Upbound Group (UPBD), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), LTC Properties (LTC), Getty Realty (GTY), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), WisdomTree (WT), and FinVolution Group (FINV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PROG (NYSE:PRG) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
PROG has a net margin of 4.71% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of -0.13%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 32.65% beat PROG's return on equity.
PROG presently has a consensus target price of $39.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. Upbound Group has a consensus target price of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.98%. Given Upbound Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than PROG.
97.9% of PROG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of PROG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Upbound Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PROG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Upbound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PROG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PROG had 21 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for PROG and 5 mentions for Upbound Group. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat PROG's score of 0.55 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PROG pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Upbound Group pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. PROG pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Upbound Group pays out -1,233.2% 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. Upbound Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PROG received 17 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.73% of users gave PROG an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.
PROG has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PROG beats Upbound Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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