W.A.G payment solutions (WPS) Competitors

Network International (LON:NETW) and W.A.G payment solutions (LON:WPS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NETW or WPS?

99.8% of Network International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Network International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.9% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NETW or WPS?

Network International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W.A.G payment solutions. W.A.G payment solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Network International, 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
Network International	£490.13M	0.00	£65.69M	£0.09	N/A
W.A.G payment solutions	£2.49B	0.27	-£49.24M	-£4.93	-16.28

Which has more risk and volatility, NETW or WPS?

Network International has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.A.G payment solutions has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NETW or WPS more profitable?

Network International has a net margin of 13.40% compared to W.A.G payment solutions' net margin of -1.98%. Network International's return on equity of 10.62% beat W.A.G payment solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Network International	13.40%	10.62%	4.79%
W.A.G payment solutions	-1.98%	-15.92%	1.86%

Do analysts prefer NETW or WPS?

W.A.G payment solutions has a consensus price target of GBX 105.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.55%. Given W.A.G payment solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W.A.G payment solutions is more favorable than Network International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Network International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
W.A.G payment solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NETW or WPS?

Network International received 69 more outperform votes than W.A.G payment solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave W.A.G payment solutions an outperform vote while only 94.74% of users gave Network International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Network International	Outperform Votes 72 94.74%	Underperform Votes 4 5.26%
W.A.G payment solutions	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to NETW or WPS?

In the previous week, W.A.G payment solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Network International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for W.A.G payment solutions and 0 mentions for Network International. W.A.G payment solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Network International's score of 0.00 indicating that W.A.G payment solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Network International	Neutral
W.A.G payment solutions	Positive

Summary

Network International beats W.A.G payment solutions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.