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Best Credit Service Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top credit service stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best credit service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best credit service stocks to buy right now are:

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) is the #1 top credit service stock out of 57 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -15 points lower than the credit service industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OPFI as a "A".

OPFI passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Oppfi has seen its stock return 43.25% over the past year, overperforming other credit service stocks by 31 percentage points.

Regional Management (NYSE:RM) is the #2 top credit service stock out of 57 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Regional Management (NYSE:RM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Regional Management (NYSE:RM) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 13 points higher than the credit service industry average of 31.

RM passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Regional Management has seen its stock return 18.27% over the past year, overperforming other credit service stocks by 6 percentage points.

Ezcorp (NASDAQ:EZPW) is the #3 top credit service stock out of 57 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ezcorp (NASDAQ:EZPW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ezcorp (NASDAQ:EZPW) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 14 points higher than the credit service industry average of 31.

EZPW passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ezcorp has seen its stock return 60.6% over the past year, overperforming other credit service stocks by 49 percentage points.

Ezcorp has an average 1 year price target of $25.50, an upside of 29.51% from Ezcorp's current stock price of $19.69.

Ezcorp stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ezcorp, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 24 credit service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 credit service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) has an annual dividend yield of 15.49%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the credit service industry average of 4.65%. Runway Growth Finance's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Runway Growth Finance's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Runway Growth Finance's dividend payout ratio of 100.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) has an annual dividend yield of 13.16%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the credit service industry average of 4.65%. Oaktree Specialty Lending's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Oaktree Specialty Lending's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Oaktree Specialty Lending's dividend payout ratio of 471.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Barings Bdc (NYSE:BBDC) has an annual dividend yield of 13.15%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the credit service industry average of 4.65%. Barings Bdc's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Barings Bdc's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Barings Bdc's dividend payout ratio of 124% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Credit service stocks were down -0.65% in the last day, and down -1.34% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued credit service stocks right now are:

Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN) is the most undervalued credit service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Qfin Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 34 points higher than the credit service industry average of 37. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Qfin Holdings's stock has dropped -48.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the credit service industry by -60 percentage points.

Western Union Co (NYSE:WU) is the second most undervalued credit service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Western Union Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 6 points higher than the credit service industry average of 37. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Western Union Co's stock has dropped -12.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the credit service industry by -24 percentage points.

X Financial (NYSE:XYF) is the third most undervalued credit service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

X Financial has a valuation score of 71, which is 34 points higher than the credit service industry average of 37. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

X Financial's stock has dropped -29.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the credit service industry by -41 percentage points.

38.46% of credit service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect credit service stocks to rise by 12.07% over the next year.

8.51% of credit service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.64% of credit service stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.6% are rated C (Hold), 4.26% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).