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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
goeasy currently has a consensus price target of C$221.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.
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 has a beta of 1.163842, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Propel has a beta of 1.312212, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$5.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.4560 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.
In the previous week, goeasy had 1 more articles in the media than Propel. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for goeasy and 1 mentions for Propel. Propel's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat goeasy's score of 0.51 indicating that Propel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
17.8% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Propel beats goeasy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:PRL) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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