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GBX 678 -6.00 (-0.88%)
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PAY vs. FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, LOOK, CSN, TRMR, MXCT, HUR, and ACRL

Should you be buying PayPoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPoint include 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Lookers (LOOK), Chesnara (CSN), Tremor International (TRMR), MaxCyte (MXCT), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and Accrol Group (ACRL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

PayPoint vs.

PayPoint (LON:PAY) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

PayPoint received 29 more outperform votes than 4imprint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.71% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave PayPoint an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PayPointOutperform Votes
346
61.68%
Underperform Votes
215
38.32%
4imprint GroupOutperform Votes
317
72.71%
Underperform Votes
119
27.29%

4imprint Group has higher revenue and earnings than PayPoint. 4imprint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PayPoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PayPoint£301.14M1.61£35.08M£48.7013.94
4imprint Group£1.71B0.73£139.98M£314.0511.14

37.4% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.4% of PayPoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of 4imprint Group 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.

PayPoint has a net margin of 11.65% compared to 4imprint Group's net margin of 8.20%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.95% beat PayPoint's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPoint11.65% 30.78% 6.54%
4imprint Group 8.20%78.95%35.62%

PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 180 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. PayPoint pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 4imprint Group pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

PayPoint has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, suggesting a potential upside of 110.43%. Given 4imprint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 4imprint Group is more favorable than PayPoint.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PayPoint
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
4imprint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 2 more articles in the media than PayPoint. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for PayPoint. 4imprint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat PayPoint's score of 0.00 indicating that 4imprint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PayPoint Neutral
4imprint Group Neutral

Summary

4imprint Group beats PayPoint on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PAY vs. The Competition

MetricPayPointSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£486.23M£325.35M£25.10B£2.66B
Dividend Yield4.24%3.26%2.90%5.05%
P/E Ratio13.9410.7244.55134.20
Price / Sales1.6169,095.462,154.18215,719.11
Price / Cash91.4415.5134.7828.02
Price / Book4.088.326.653.79
Net Income£35.08M-£18.35M£739.99M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.14%-0.25%-0.93%0.55%
1 Month Performance4.62%7.75%12.59%22.01%
1 Year Performance24.59%35.18%52,628.85%118.75%

PayPoint Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 678
-0.9%
N/A+20.4%£485.52M£301.14M13.921,260Dividend Increase
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.7307 of 5 stars
GBX 3,555
+1.7%
GBX 7,365
+107.2%
-42.4%£1.26B£1.71B11.322,300News Coverage
Gap Down
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,155
+0.9%
N/A-0.5%£1.09B£162.63M6.226,600
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.218 of 5 stars
GBX 28
+1.1%
GBX 38
+35.7%
+9.3%£746.01M£817.76M60.8240,000Gap Down
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,340
-0.7%
N/A+2.6%£590.81M£647.52M9.5774,200
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538News Coverage
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 274
-0.5%
N/A+13.2%£416.91M£412.72M99.935,700News Coverage
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167
MXCT
MaxCyte
N/AGBX 172
-2.8%
N/A-55.4%£227.05M£57.52M-6.3080
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ACRL
Accrol Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£124.36M£221.16M-3,900.00456

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This page (LON:PAY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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