WRLD vs. RM, LPRO, ATLC, OCSL, ENVA, SLRC, BSIG, NOAH, GHLD, and BRSP
Should you be buying World Acceptance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of World Acceptance include Regional Management (RM), Open Lending (LPRO), Atlanticus (ATLC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Enova International (ENVA), SLR Investment (SLRC), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Noah (NOAH), Guild (GHLD), and BrightSpire Capital (BRSP).
Regional Management (NYSE:RM) and World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Regional Management had 2 more articles in the media than World Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Regional Management and 4 mentions for World Acceptance. Regional Management's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat World Acceptance's score of 0.17 indicating that World Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Regional Management presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.95%. World Acceptance has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential downside of 59.66%. Given World Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Regional Management is more favorable than World Acceptance.
World Acceptance has a net margin of 11.82% compared to World Acceptance's net margin of 2.89%. Regional Management's return on equity of 13.47% beat World Acceptance's return on equity.
98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of World Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Regional Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.9% of World Acceptance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Regional Management has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, World Acceptance has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
World Acceptance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Regional Management. World Acceptance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regional Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Regional Management received 17 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.
Summary
Regional Management beats World Acceptance on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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