PAY vs. TC, MDF, CVO, HAI, CPLF, TIXT, SYZ, QTRH, ALYA, and ESP
Should you be buying Payfare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payfare include Tucows (TC), mdf commerce (MDF), Coveo Solutions (CVO), Haivision Systems (HAI), Copperleaf Technologies (CPLF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Sylogist (SYZ), Quarterhill (QTRH), Alithya Group (ALYA), and Brompton Energy Split (ESP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Tucows (TSE:TC) and Payfare (TSE:PAY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
Tucows has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payfare has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Payfare has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Payfare's net margin of -28.35%. Tucows' return on equity of 19.58% beat Payfare's return on equity.
Payfare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tucows. Tucows is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Payfare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Payfare had 1 more articles in the media than Tucows. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Payfare and 0 mentions for Tucows. Payfare's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tucows'average media sentiment score.
Payfare received 5 more outperform votes than Tucows when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Payfare an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote.
Payfare has a consensus price target of C$9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.04%. Given Tucows' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Payfare is more favorable than Tucows.
79.4% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Payfare shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Tucows shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Payfare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Payfare beats Tucows on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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