APCX vs. HKIT, DUOT, PRST, AHI, FRSX, ICLK, RBT, GRRR, CXAI, and SKIL
Should you be buying AppTech Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppTech Payments include Hitek Global (HKIT), Duos Technologies Group (DUOT), Presto Automation (PRST), Advanced Health Intelligence (AHI), Foresight Autonomous (FRSX), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), Rubicon Technologies (RBT), Gorilla Technology Group (GRRR), CXApp (CXAI), and Skillsoft (SKIL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
AppTech Payments (NASDAQ:APCX) and Hitek Global (NASDAQ:HKIT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Hitek Global has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AppTech Payments' net margin of -3,538.08%. Hitek Global's return on equity of 0.00% beat AppTech Payments' return on equity.
AppTech Payments and Hitek Global both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Hitek Global has higher revenue and earnings than AppTech Payments.
In the previous week, AppTech Payments had 4 more articles in the media than Hitek Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AppTech Payments and 0 mentions for Hitek Global. AppTech Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Hitek Global's score of 0.43 indicating that AppTech Payments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AppTech Payments has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Hitek Global has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.2% of AppTech Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Hitek Global shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of AppTech Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hitek Global beats AppTech Payments on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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