EZPW vs SLM vs SMFG Stock Comparison

Ezcorp, Slm and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EZPW Ezcorp Inc
$28.72 -6.9% 1M +59.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.76B
P/E
11.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
5 wins
SLM SLM Corp
$17.52 -22.4% 1M -36.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.18B
P/E
5.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.79B
Div. yield
0.03%
Consumer Lending Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ezcorp leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Ezcorp 5, Slm 4, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEZPWSLMSMFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.76B $3.18B $89.82B SMFG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.1x 5.8x -2.0x SLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 7.9x 11.7x SLM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.6% -6.7% +7.2% EZPW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 30.9% -42.9% SLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.8% 16.6% -0.9% SLM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 2.3x — EZPW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +59.6% -36.0% +45.5% EZPW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.8%/yr -1.0%/yr +28.5%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.9% 43.1% 29.8% SMFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 48/100 19/100 EZPW

Percentile Scorecard

EZPWSLMSMFG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEZPWSLMSMFG
Valuation 73 #47 of 168 49 #87 of 168 47 #193 of 360
Growth 90 #17 of 163 29 #116 of 163 24 #262 of 344
Profitability 72 #44 of 154 52 #74 of 154 14 #298 of 345
Financial Health 90 #17 of 161 37 #102 of 161 3 #329 of 339
Shareholder Returns 30 #95 of 136 75 #35 of 136 8 #323 of 352
Overall 71 48 19
  • EZPW ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SLM ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SMFG ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEZPWSLMSMFGSPY
1 month -6.9%-22.4%-9.1% -5.9%
3 months -1.6%-36.1%-8.7% -4.6%
6 months -12.7%-22.7%+9.3% +0.2%
Year to date +47.9%-35.3%+21.5% +7.5%
1 year +59.6%-36.0%+45.5% +8.2%
3 years +237.9%+18.1%+139.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year +50.1%+5.7%+33.8% +19.0%
5 years +268.2%-5.0%+249.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +29.8%-1.0%+28.5% +9.4%
10 years +199.2%+151.0%+249.4% +251.5%
10 years, per year +11.6%+9.6%+13.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureEZPWSLMSMFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.9%43.1%29.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%52.8%28.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.271.111.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.39-0.831.53 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.9%-49.1%-30.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.3%-43.2%-14.8% -5.9%
52-week high $35.59$30.85$27.55 $779.14
52-week low $17.41$17.52$16.14 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEZPWSLMSMFG
P/E now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 11.9x 5.9xmedian 11.9x -2.0xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.7x 1.8xmedian 2.7x 0.9xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 12.1x 4.0xmedian 12.1x —median 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 5.4x -8.4xmedian 5.4x —median 10.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 0.7x 1.4xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.34 0.20median 0.34 0.08median 1.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEZPWSLMSMFG
Revenue $1.58B $1.79B $102.83B
Gross profit $927.76M – $67.73B
Operating income $220.26M – -$30.78B
Net income $159.09M $567.40M $11.49B
Free cash flow $138.33M -$381.64M –
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $2.98 $-11.47
Cash & equivalents $311.03M $2.17B –
Total debt $519.49M $6.43B $102.00B
Shares (diluted) 83.36M 185.57M 3.84B
Enterprise value $163.57M -$13.16B -$1.27T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEZPWSLMSMFG
P/E 11.2x 5.9x -2.0x
P/FCF 12.8x -8.4x –
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x -8.4x –
P/S 1.1x 1.8x 0.9x
P/B 1.5x 1.4x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 1.4x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 4.0x –
EV/EBIT 9.0x 4.0x -35.0x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 4.1x 0.8x
EV/FCF 14.3x -19.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x -19.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 0.20 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEZPWSLMSMFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.6% -6.7% 7.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 1.6% 14.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 28.3% – 12.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.4% – 5.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 59.4% – -32.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.5% – -75.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 62.2% -9.0% 823.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 64.8% 19.1% 4.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 60.5% 3.4% 15.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 66.8% 28.7% -25.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.8% -15.8% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.3% -47.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 39.6% -15.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.6% -47.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEZPWSLMSMFG
Gross margin 58.6% – 65.9%
EBITDA margin 16.3% 104.4% –
Operating margin 13.9% – -29.9%
Pretax margin 13.4% 41.2% 14.7%
Net margin 10.0% 30.9% -42.9%
FCF margin 8.7% -21.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 11.5% -21.3% –
Return on equity 13.8% 24.0% 13.3%
Return on assets 7.4% 1.9% 0.6%
Return on invested capital 9.8% 16.6% -0.9%
Return on capital employed 11.5% – –
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 2.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEZPWSLMSMFG
Debt / assets 24.0% 21.6% 5.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x 2.9x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 3.8x -16.9x –
Liabilities / assets 46.1% 92.4% 96.4%
Equity / assets 53.9% 7.6% 3.6%
Interest coverage 6.7x 1.7x -0.1x
Current ratio 4.8x – –
Quick ratio 1.6x – –
Cash ratio 1.3x – –
Altman Z-score 3.10 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEZPWSLMSMFG
Dividend yield – 3.0% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 0.5% 17.0% –
Shareholder yield 0.5% 20.0% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 17.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -26.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -7.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEZPWSLMSMFG
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 11.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.91FY2026 $2.21FY2026 $2.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.6%FY2026 -36.1%FY2026 +28.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.0% +29.4% +2.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.57BFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 $34.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.0%FY2026 -6.7%FY2026 -50.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.1% -0.8% +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEZPWSLMSMFG
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 3.5%
Institutions holding 315 389 461
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +2.4% +7.9%
Institutions buying 140 194 291
Institutions selling 116 135 93
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.44 3.13

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EZPWSLMSMFG
EZPW 1.00 0.29 0.30
SLM 0.29 1.00 0.22
SMFG 0.30 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EZPW, SLM and SMFG?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.76B, Slm (SLM) $3.18B, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) $89.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, EZPW, SLM and SMFG?

Slm (SLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ezcorp (EZPW) 11.1x, Slm (SLM) 5.8x, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -2.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Slm (SLM) is cheapest (Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.0x, Slm (SLM) 7.9x, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 11.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ezcorp (EZPW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ezcorp (EZPW) +28.6%, Slm (SLM) -6.7%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +7.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Slm (SLM) has the highest net margin (Ezcorp (EZPW) 10.0%, Slm (SLM) 30.9%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -42.9%). On return on invested capital, Slm (SLM) leads (Ezcorp (EZPW) 9.8%, Slm (SLM) 16.6%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ezcorp (EZPW) returned the most: Ezcorp (EZPW) +59.6%, Slm (SLM) -36.0%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +45.5%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Ezcorp (EZPW) +29.8%/yr, Slm (SLM) -1.0%/yr, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +28.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ezcorp (EZPW) 0.00%, Slm (SLM) 0.03%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 0.00%. Ezcorp (EZPW) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) has been the steadiest (Ezcorp (EZPW) 42.9%, Slm (SLM) 43.1%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EZPW, SLM and SMFG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ezcorp (EZPW) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.