RM vs. WRLD, ATLC, LPRO, AFCG, LNKB, KFS, SBT, FNLC, BSVN, and OBT
Should you be buying Regional Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regional Management include World Acceptance (WRLD), Atlanticus (ATLC), Open Lending (LPRO), AFC Gamma (AFCG), LINKBANCORP (LNKB), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), Sterling Bancorp (SBT), First Bancorp (FNLC), Bank7 (BSVN), and Orange County Bancorp (OBT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) and Regional Management (NYSE:RM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
83.6% of World Acceptance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Regional Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.9% of World Acceptance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Regional Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
World Acceptance has higher revenue and 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.
World Acceptance currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential downside of 60.05%. Regional Management has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Given World Acceptance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 4.01%. Regional Management's return on equity of 13.47% beat World Acceptance's return on equity.
In the previous week, Regional Management had 8 more articles in the media than World Acceptance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Regional Management and 8 mentions for World Acceptance. Regional Management's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat World Acceptance's score of 0.58 indicating that World Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Regional Management received 18 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.40% of users gave Regional Management an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.
World Acceptance has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regional Management has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
World Acceptance beats Regional Management on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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