MARA vs. PAGS, IDCC, EVTC, RAMP, STER, FCFS, TNET, RCM, AUR, and G
Should you be buying Marathon Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Digital include PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), InterDigital (IDCC), EVERTEC (EVTC), LiveRamp (RAMP), Sterling Check (STER), FirstCash (FCFS), TriNet Group (TNET), R1 RCM (RCM), Aurora Innovation (AUR), and Genpact (G).
PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) and Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Marathon Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Digital. PagSeguro Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PagSeguro Digital received 79 more outperform votes than Marathon Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave Marathon Digital an outperform vote.
PagSeguro Digital presently has a consensus target price of $15.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.75%. Marathon Digital has a consensus target price of $21.11, indicating a potential upside of 4.47%. Given Marathon Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Marathon Digital.
In the previous week, Marathon Digital had 23 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Marathon Digital and 0 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. Marathon Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.46 indicating that PagSeguro Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Digital has a net margin of 48.93% compared to Marathon Digital's net margin of 10.37%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of 13.94% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.
PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Digital has a beta of 5.38, indicating that its stock price is 438% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PagSeguro Digital beats Marathon Digital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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