LSAK vs. PMTS, PAYS, ARBK, MULN, USIO, EEFT, ADV, PSFE, ECVT, and AMPL
Should you be buying Lesaka Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lesaka Technologies include CPI Card Group (PMTS), Paysign (PAYS), Argo Blockchain (ARBK), Mullen Automotive (MULN), Usio (USIO), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Advantage Solutions (ADV), Paysafe (PSFE), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Amplitude (AMPL).
Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) and CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of CPI Card Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CPI Card Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CPI Card Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CPI Card Group has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.39%. Given CPI Card Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CPI Card Group is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CPI Card Group had 2 more articles in the media than Lesaka Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CPI Card Group and 0 mentions for Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CPI Card Group'saverage media sentiment score.
CPI Card Group received 30 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.11% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.
CPI Card Group has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Lesaka Technologies' net margin of -4.41%. Lesaka Technologies' return on equity of -13.73% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.
Summary
CPI Card Group beats Lesaka Technologies on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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