PRL vs. GSY, CBL, AD.UN, VPY, ACD, RFC, CHW, MPT, RNP, and MIT
Should you be buying Propel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Propel include goeasy (GSY), Callidus Capital (CBL), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), Versapay (VPY), Accord Financial (ACD), Rifco (RFC), Chesswood Group (CHW), Midpoint (MPT), Royalty North Partners (RNP), and Mint (MIT). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Propel vs. Its Competitors
goeasy (TSE:GSY) and Propel (TSE:PRL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
goeasy has a net margin of 19.49% compared to Propel's net margin of 11.19%. Propel's return on equity of 37.46% beat goeasy's return on equity.
goeasy currently has a consensus target price of C$217.11, indicating a potential upside of 36.21%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.
goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$5.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.4560 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. goeasy pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Propel pays out 30.8% 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.
goeasy has a beta of 0.897823, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Propel has a beta of 1.108039, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, goeasy and goeasy both had 3 articles in the media. goeasy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Propel's score of 0.00 indicating that goeasy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
goeasy has higher revenue and earnings than Propel. goeasy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Propel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.6% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Propel shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of goeasy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.3% of Propel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
goeasy and Propel tied by winning 9 of the 18 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 TSE 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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This page (TSE:PRL) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
