ECPG vs. PRAA, PSBD, MFA, SII, ALX, VBTX, UMH, BLX, CIM, and FBRT
Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include PRA Group (PRAA), Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD), MFA Financial (MFA), Sprott (SII), Alexander's (ALX), Veritex (VBTX), UMH Properties (UMH), Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. (BLX), Chimera Investment (CIM), and Franklin BSP Realty Trust (FBRT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and PRA Group (NASDAQ:PRAA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Encore Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $66.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.52%. PRA Group has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.21%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than PRA Group.
Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PRA Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Encore Capital Group received 79 more outperform votes than PRA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave PRA Group an outperform vote.
PRA Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Encore Capital Group. PRA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PRA Group has a net margin of -2.37% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -16.30%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 9.95% beat PRA Group's return on equity.
97.2% of PRA Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PRA Group shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 2 more articles in the media than PRA Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 8 mentions for PRA Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat PRA Group's score of -0.04 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats PRA Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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