PAY vs. HRI, FOUR, RSG, CSN, LOOK, OCN, TRMR, HUR, ACRL, and TRU
Should you be buying PayPoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPoint include Herald (HRI), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), Accrol Group (ACRL), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
PayPoint vs. Its Competitors
PayPoint (LON:PAY) and Herald (LON:HRI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
79.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Herald 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.
In the previous week, PayPoint had 2 more articles in the media than Herald. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PayPoint and 1 mentions for Herald. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Herald's score of -1.23 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to PayPoint's net margin of 11.65%. PayPoint's return on equity of 30.78% beat Herald's return on equity.
Herald has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PayPoint. PayPoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herald, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PayPoint has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Herald beats PayPoint on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PAY) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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