PAY vs. BYIT, SPT, BOKU, WPS, FNX, EPO, SEE, BLTG, BKS, and IOM
Should you be buying PayPoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPoint include Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Spirent Communications (SPT), Boku (BOKU), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Earthport (EPO), Seeing Machines (SEE), Blancco Technology Group (BLTG), Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), and iomart Group (IOM). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.
Bytes Technology Group (LON:BYIT) and PayPoint (LON:PAY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Bytes Technology Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPoint has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PayPoint received 332 more outperform votes than Bytes Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Bytes Technology Group an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave PayPoint an outperform vote.
Bytes Technology Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 38 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Bytes Technology Group pays out 4,736.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PayPoint pays out 8,837.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bytes Technology Group has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Bytes Technology Group's net margin of 14.27%. PayPoint's return on equity of 67.01% beat Bytes Technology Group's return on equity.
66.6% of Bytes Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bytes Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PayPoint had 8 more articles in the media than Bytes Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PayPoint and 2 mentions for Bytes Technology Group. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Bytes Technology Group's score of 0.19 indicating that Bytes Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bytes Technology Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PayPoint. PayPoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bytes Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bytes Technology Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 644, suggesting a potential upside of 31.48%. PayPoint has a consensus target price of GBX 675, suggesting a potential downside of 1.89%. Given PayPoint's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bytes Technology Group is more favorable than PayPoint.
Summary
Bytes Technology Group beats PayPoint on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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