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.
Propel (TSE:PRL) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
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.
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 received 369 more outperform votes than Propel when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.92% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Propel an outperform vote.
In the previous week, goeasy had 8 more articles in the media than Propel. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for goeasy and 15 mentions for Propel. Propel's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat goeasy's score of -0.32 indicating that Propel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
goeasy has a consensus target price of C$216.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe goeasy is more favorable than Propel.
4.1% of Propel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. 33.3% of Propel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of goeasy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Propel has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Propel pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 28.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
goeasy beats Propel on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PRL) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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