PayPoint - PAY Competitors

Andrews Sykes Group (LON:ASY) and PayPoint (LON:PAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, ASY or PAY?

Andrews Sykes Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPoint has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASY or PAY more profitable?

PayPoint has a net margin of 24.06% compared to Andrews Sykes Group's net margin of 20.38%. PayPoint's return on equity of 42.88% beat Andrews Sykes Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andrews Sykes Group	20.38%	25.03%	13.62%
PayPoint	24.06%	42.88%	13.09%

Is ASY or PAY a better dividend stock?

Andrews Sykes Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Andrews Sykes Group pays out 6,486.5% 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 7,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer ASY or PAY?

PayPoint has a consensus price target of GBX 540, suggesting a potential upside of 16.38%. Given PayPoint's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Andrews Sykes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andrews Sykes Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
PayPoint	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ASY or PAY?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Andrews Sykes Group	£77.43 million	2.83	£15.78 million	£0.37	1,405.41
PayPoint	£150.33 million	2.24	£36.17 million	£0.50	928.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASY or PAY?

PayPoint received 296 more outperform votes than Andrews Sykes Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Andrews Sykes Group an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave PayPoint an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andrews Sykes Group	Outperform Votes 49 64.47%	Underperform Votes 27 35.53%
PayPoint	Outperform Votes 345 61.61%	Underperform Votes 215 38.39%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ASY or PAY?

64.1% of PayPoint shares are held by institutional investors. 91.5% of Andrews Sykes Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of PayPoint shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ASY or PAY?

In the previous week, PayPoint had 1 more articles in the media than Andrews Sykes Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 1 mentions for Andrews Sykes Group. Andrews Sykes Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat PayPoint's score of 0.32 indicating that Andrews Sykes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Andrews Sykes Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PayPoint	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

PayPoint beats Andrews Sykes Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.