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5 US specialty finance stocks trading 40% below analyst price targets

Five specialty finance stocks were trading at least 40% below analysts' mean one-year price targets as of Sept. 12, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis.

Among the 95 stocks examined, Sutter Rock Capital Corp. led the group with an implied upside of 74.0%. Sutter Rock's stock has lost 8.0% over the last year, but the company has a unanimous buy rating among its covering analysts.

EZCORP Inc. and Medallion Financial Corp. had the second- and third-highest implied upsides at 58.9% and 55.5%, respectively.

At the other end of the spectrum, 14 specialty finance companies were trading above their mean one-year price target as of Sept. 12.

Specialty lender World Acceptance Corp. was 45.4% above its mean one-year price target, more than any other stock in the analysis. World Acceptance's shares have returned 15.2% over the last 12 months, and none of the four analysts covering the company had a buy recommendation as of Sept. 12.

In this analysis, S&P Global Market Intelligence examined major exchange-traded U.S. specialty finance stocks with at least three analyst recommendations and share prices above $5 as of Sept. 12.

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