PRAA vs. ECPG, PSBD, ARR, OBK, OCFC, OBNK, BY, AHH, TRUP, and LC
Should you be buying PRA Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PRA Group include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Origin Bancorp (OBK), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Origin Bancorp (OBNK), Byline Bancorp (BY), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Trupanion (TRUP), and LendingClub (LC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
PRA Group has a net margin of -10.40% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -16.89%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 9.46% beat PRA Group's return on equity.
PRA Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of PRA Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PRA Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.32%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.74%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than PRA Group.
PRA Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. PRA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Encore Capital Group received 80 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.61% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PRA Group had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PRA Group and 1 mentions for Encore Capital Group. PRA Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Encore Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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