SLM vs. GL, NNI, OMF, FHB, CACC, ENVA, SF, RONI, FSCO, and WRLD
Should you be buying SLM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SLM include Globe Life (GL), Nelnet (NNI), OneMain (OMF), First Hawaiian (FHB), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Enova International (ENVA), Stifel Financial (SF), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), and World Acceptance (WRLD).
SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) and Globe Life (NYSE:GL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
SLM received 428 more outperform votes than Globe Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 36.62% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.
SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SLM pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Globe Life pays out 9.2% 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.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to Globe Life's net margin of 18.07%. SLM's return on equity of 45.65% beat Globe Life's return on equity.
SLM currently has a consensus price target of $21.32, indicating a potential downside of 2.66%. Globe Life has a consensus price target of $114.33, indicating a potential upside of 50.94%. Given Globe Life's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Globe Life is more favorable than SLM.
98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of SLM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, SLM had 3 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for SLM and 42 mentions for Globe Life. SLM's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Globe Life's score of 0.25 indicating that SLM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Globe Life has higher revenue and earnings than SLM. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globe Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SLM has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SLM beats Globe Life on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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