PAY vs. WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, EXLS, WU, CSGS, EVRI, CASS, and INOD
Should you be buying Paymentus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paymentus include WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), Cass Information Systems (CASS), and Innodata (INOD). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) and WEX (NYSE:WEX) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
Paymentus has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEX has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WEX had 1 more articles in the media than Paymentus. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for WEX and 3 mentions for Paymentus. Paymentus' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat WEX's score of 1.42 indicating that Paymentus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paymentus received 132 more outperform votes than WEX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.64% of users gave WEX an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Paymentus an outperform vote.
12.6% of Paymentus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.8% of Paymentus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Paymentus currently has a consensus target price of $19.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.70%. WEX has a consensus target price of $237.14, suggesting a potential upside of 40.09%. Given WEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WEX is more favorable than Paymentus.
WEX has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Paymentus' net margin of 4.43%. WEX's return on equity of 30.92% beat Paymentus' return on equity.
WEX has higher revenue and earnings than Paymentus. WEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paymentus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
WEX beats Paymentus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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