CACC vs. SLM, NNI, OMF, ENVA, STAG, COLD, RHP, BPOP, AGNC, and SIGI
Should you be buying Credit Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Credit Acceptance include SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), Enova International (ENVA), STAG Industrial (STAG), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Popular (BPOP), AGNC Investment (AGNC), and Selective Insurance Group (SIGI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) and Credit Acceptance (NASDAQ:CACC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
SLM presently has a consensus price target of $21.32, indicating a potential downside of 2.66%. Credit Acceptance has a consensus price target of $381.75, indicating a potential downside of 27.51%. Given Credit Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SLM is more favorable than Credit Acceptance.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to SLM's net margin of 15.04%. Credit Acceptance's return on equity of 45.65% beat SLM's return on equity.
In the previous week, SLM had 42 more articles in the media than Credit Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for SLM and 3 mentions for Credit Acceptance. SLM's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Credit Acceptance's score of 0.42 indicating that Credit Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Credit Acceptance. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credit Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.9% of SLM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Credit Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of SLM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Credit Acceptance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SLM received 147 more outperform votes than Credit Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Credit Acceptance an outperform vote.
SLM has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credit Acceptance has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SLM beats Credit Acceptance on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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