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PAY vs. FOUR, CSN, LOOK, OCN, and TRMR

Should you buy PayPoint stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares PayPoint with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with PayPoint include 4imprint Group (FOUR), Chesnara (CSN), Lookers (LOOK), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

How does PayPoint compare to 4imprint Group?

PayPoint (LON:PAY) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) 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 valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 42.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 247.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. PayPoint pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.43% compared to PayPoint's net margin of 5.22%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 78.01% beat PayPoint's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPoint5.22% 17.25% 6.54%
4imprint Group 8.43%78.01%35.62%

79.1% of PayPoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of 4imprint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of PayPoint shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of 4imprint Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, PayPoint had 1 more articles in the media than 4imprint Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 1 mentions for 4imprint Group. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PayPoint
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
4imprint Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PayPoint has a beta of 0.381, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.734, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the broader market.

PayPoint currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 105.61%. 4imprint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,621.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.92%. Given PayPoint's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PayPoint is more favorable than 4imprint Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PayPoint
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
4imprint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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£319.85M1.01£35.08M£25.3521.10
4imprint Group£1.35B0.76£139.98M£403.309.10

Summary

4imprint Group beats PayPoint on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does PayPoint compare to Chesnara?

PayPoint (LON:PAY) and Chesnara (LON:CSN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

PayPoint has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Chesnara's net margin of -1.01%. PayPoint's return on equity of 17.25% beat Chesnara's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPoint5.22% 17.25% 6.54%
Chesnara -1.01%-2.93%0.04%

In the previous week, PayPoint had 1 more articles in the media than Chesnara. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 1 mentions for Chesnara. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Chesnara's score of 0.72 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PayPoint
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chesnara
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PayPoint has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chesnara. Chesnara 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£319.85M1.01£35.08M£25.3521.10
Chesnara£897.10M0.81£4.20M-£5.05N/A

79.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of Chesnara shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of PayPoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chesnara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 42.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Chesnara pays an annual dividend of GBX 21.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. PayPoint pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chesnara pays out -429.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

PayPoint currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 105.61%. Chesnara has a consensus target price of GBX 349.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given PayPoint's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Chesnara.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PayPoint
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Chesnara
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

PayPoint has a beta of 0.381, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Chesnara has a beta of 0.518, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

PayPoint beats Chesnara on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does PayPoint compare to Lookers?

PayPoint (LON:PAY) and Lookers (LON:LOOK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, PayPoint had 2 more articles in the media than Lookers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 0 mentions for Lookers. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Lookers' score of 0.00 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PayPoint Positive
Lookers Neutral

PayPoint has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Lookers' net margin of 1.43%. PayPoint's return on equity of 17.25% beat Lookers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPoint5.22% 17.25% 6.54%
Lookers 1.43%14.90%3.91%

PayPoint has a beta of 0.381, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Lookers has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the broader market.

PayPoint currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 105.61%. Given PayPoint's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Lookers.

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

79.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Lookers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of PayPoint shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Lookers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lookers has higher revenue and earnings than PayPoint. Lookers 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£319.85M1.01£35.08M£25.3521.10
Lookers£4.48B0.00£63.90M£0.16N/A

PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 42.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Lookers pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. PayPoint pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lookers pays out 1,875.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PayPoint is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

PayPoint beats Lookers on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does PayPoint compare to Ocean Wilsons?

Ocean Wilsons (LON:OCN) and PayPoint (LON:PAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Ocean Wilsons has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PayPoint. Ocean Wilsons 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
Ocean Wilsons£26.66M12.52£76.94M£916.601.29
PayPoint£319.85M1.01£35.08M£25.3521.10

PayPoint has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 105.61%. Given PayPoint's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Ocean Wilsons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ocean Wilsons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
PayPoint
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, PayPoint had 2 more articles in the media than Ocean Wilsons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 0 mentions for Ocean Wilsons. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ocean Wilsons' score of 0.00 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ocean Wilsons Neutral
PayPoint Positive

Ocean Wilsons has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, PayPoint has a beta of 0.381, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the broader market.

PayPoint has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Ocean Wilsons' net margin of -134.00%. Ocean Wilsons' return on equity of 41.24% beat PayPoint's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ocean Wilsons-134.00% 41.24% 6.02%
PayPoint 5.22%17.25%6.54%

Ocean Wilsons pays an annual dividend of GBX 181.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 42.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Ocean Wilsons pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PayPoint pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ocean Wilsons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

12.1% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of PayPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.2% of Ocean Wilsons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of PayPoint shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PayPoint beats Ocean Wilsons on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does PayPoint compare to Tremor International?

Tremor International (LON:TRMR) and PayPoint (LON:PAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Tremor International has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, PayPoint has a beta of 0.381, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the broader market.

PayPoint has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Tremor International's net margin of -5.72%. PayPoint's return on equity of 17.25% beat Tremor International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tremor International-5.72% -3.63% -0.63%
PayPoint 5.22%17.25%6.54%

Tremor International pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share. PayPoint pays an annual dividend of GBX 42.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Tremor International pays out -6,363.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PayPoint pays out 166.7% 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 has a consensus target price of GBX 1,100, suggesting a potential upside of 105.61%. Given PayPoint's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Tremor International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tremor International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
PayPoint
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

PayPoint has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tremor International. Tremor International 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
Tremor International£343.77M0.00-£19.65M-£0.11N/A
PayPoint£319.85M1.01£35.08M£25.3521.10

44.8% of Tremor International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of PayPoint shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of Tremor International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of PayPoint shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, PayPoint had 2 more articles in the media than Tremor International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PayPoint and 0 mentions for Tremor International. PayPoint's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Tremor International's score of 0.00 indicating that PayPoint is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Tremor International Neutral
PayPoint Positive

Summary

PayPoint beats Tremor International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAY vs. The Competition

MetricPayPointSoftware IndustryComputer SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£323.72M£763.99M£40.61B£2.78B
Dividend Yield3.43%4.00%3.10%6.13%
P/E Ratio21.10666.75173.05364.74
Price / Sales1.0116,679.86624.9487,565.33
Price / Cash91.4415.4651.7727.85
Price / Book3.226.7010.107.71
Net Income£35.08M-£18.69M£1.07B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.34%2.08%3.81%0.07%
1 Month Performance-14.81%3.06%11.01%3.26%
1 Year Performance-25.69%-0.09%170.20%75.52%

PayPoint Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAY
PayPoint
3.6231 of 5 stars
GBX 535
-1.2%
GBX 1,100
+105.6%
-24.8%£323.72M£319.85M21.101,260
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.6983 of 5 stars
GBX 3,802.21
+1.2%
GBX 4,621.33
+21.5%
+8.7%£1.07B£1.35B9.432,300
CSN
Chesnara
2.0069 of 5 stars
GBX 323.50
flat
GBX 349.50
+8.0%
+11.6%£746.02M£897.10MN/A5,700
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,180
flat
N/A-14.5%£333.82M£26.66M1.2974,200

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This page (LON:PAY) was last updated on 6/3/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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