PRTH vs. SHAP, PAYS, RMNI, NOTE, EEX, RGP, SEZL, XBP, SCOR, and ACCD
Should you be buying Priority Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Priority Technology include Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Paysign (PAYS), Rimini Street (RMNI), FiscalNote (NOTE), Emerald (EEX), Resources Connection (RGP), Sezzle (SEZL), XBP Europe (XBP), comScore (SCOR), and Accolade (ACCD). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (NYSE:SHAP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Priority Technology has a net margin of 0.57% compared to Spree Acquisition Corp. 1's net margin of 0.00%. Spree Acquisition Corp. 1's return on equity of 0.00% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.
11.5% of Priority Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Priority Technology has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Priority Technology. Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Priority Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Priority Technology had 6 more articles in the media than Spree Acquisition Corp. 1. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Priority Technology and 0 mentions for Spree Acquisition Corp. 1. Priority Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Spree Acquisition Corp. 1's score of 0.00 indicating that Priority Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Priority Technology received 23 more outperform votes than Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 when rated by MarketBeat users.
Priority Technology presently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 125.29%. Given Priority Technology's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Spree Acquisition Corp. 1.
Summary
Priority Technology beats Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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