NNI vs. SLM, CACC, ENVA, OCSL, OMF, LC, PK, IRT, MAC, and CNS
Should you be buying Nelnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nelnet include SLM (SLM), Credit Acceptance (CACC), Enova International (ENVA), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), OneMain (OMF), LendingClub (LC), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Macerich (MAC), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
SLM (NASDAQ:SLM) and Nelnet (NYSE:NNI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
SLM has higher revenue and earnings than Nelnet. SLM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nelnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SLM had 19 more articles in the media than Nelnet. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for SLM and 3 mentions for Nelnet. SLM's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Nelnet's score of 0.37 indicating that Nelnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SLM received 217 more outperform votes than Nelnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave SLM an outperform vote while only 66.92% of users gave Nelnet an outperform vote.
SLM pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Nelnet pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. SLM pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nelnet pays out 45.9% 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. Nelnet has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. SLM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
98.9% of SLM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.5% of Nelnet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of SLM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Nelnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SLM has a net margin of 25.15% compared to SLM's net margin of 4.43%. Nelnet's return on equity of 45.65% beat SLM's return on equity.
SLM currently has a consensus price target of $21.32, suggesting a potential upside of 0.13%. Nelnet has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.98%. Given Nelnet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SLM is more favorable than Nelnet.
SLM has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nelnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SLM beats Nelnet on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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