RM vs. WRLD, ATLC, LPRO, LC, OBT, BMRC, AOMR, BCAL, MVBF, and SBT
Should you be buying Regional Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regional Management include World Acceptance (WRLD), Atlanticus (ATLC), Open Lending (LPRO), LendingClub (LC), Orange County Bancorp (OBT), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR), Southern California Bancorp (BCAL), MVB Financial (MVBF), and Sterling Bancorp (SBT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) and Regional Management (NYSE:RM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Regional Management received 17 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.
World Acceptance has a net margin of 11.82% compared to World Acceptance's net margin of 2.89%. Regional Management's return on equity of 13.47% beat World Acceptance's return on equity.
World Acceptance currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential downside of 59.04%. Regional Management has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.30%. Given World Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regional Management is more favorable than World Acceptance.
In the previous week, Regional Management had 3 more articles in the media than World Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Regional Management and 2 mentions for World Acceptance. Regional Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat World Acceptance's score of -0.08 indicating that World Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.6% of World Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Regional Management shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of World Acceptance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Regional Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
World Acceptance has higher revenue and earnings than Regional Management. World Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
World Acceptance has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional Management has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
World Acceptance beats Regional Management on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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