ENVA vs. OCSL, WRLD, LPRO, NNI, SLM, OMF, CACC, TFIN, RNST, and NBTB
Should you be buying Enova International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enova International include Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), World Acceptance (WRLD), Open Lending (LPRO), Nelnet (NNI), SLM (SLM), OneMain (OMF), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Renasant (RNST), and NBT Bancorp (NBTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Enova International (NYSE:ENVA) and Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Enova International has higher revenue and earnings than Oaktree Specialty Lending. Enova International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oaktree Specialty Lending, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enova International currently has a consensus target price of $67.60, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Oaktree Specialty Lending has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.64%. Given Enova International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enova International is more favorable than Oaktree Specialty Lending.
In the previous week, Oaktree Specialty Lending had 10 more articles in the media than Enova International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Oaktree Specialty Lending and 1 mentions for Enova International. Enova International's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's score of 0.58 indicating that Enova International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oaktree Specialty Lending received 152 more outperform votes than Enova International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.12% of users gave Enova International an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Oaktree Specialty Lending an outperform vote.
Enova International has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oaktree Specialty Lending has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oaktree Specialty Lending has a net margin of 25.90% compared to Enova International's net margin of 7.69%. Enova International's return on equity of 15.77% beat Oaktree Specialty Lending's return on equity.
89.4% of Enova International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Enova International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Oaktree Specialty Lending shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Enova International beats Oaktree Specialty Lending on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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