WPS vs. BOKU, PAY, FNX, SEE, IOM, BKS, SPT, BYIT, ALFA, and CER
Should you be buying W.A.G payment solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.A.G payment solutions include Boku (BOKU), PayPoint (PAY), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Seeing Machines (SEE), iomart Group (IOM), Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), Spirent Communications (SPT), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), and Cerillion (CER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
W.A.G payment solutions (LON:WPS) and Boku (LON:BOKU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
W.A.G payment solutions has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boku has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
40.9% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Boku shares are held by institutional investors. 47.8% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Boku shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Boku had 5 more articles in the media than W.A.G payment solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Boku and 1 mentions for W.A.G payment solutions. W.A.G payment solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Boku's score of 0.36 indicating that W.A.G payment solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boku has a net margin of 12.19% compared to W.A.G payment solutions' net margin of -2.19%. Boku's return on equity of 8.23% beat W.A.G payment solutions' return on equity.
Boku has lower revenue, but higher earnings than W.A.G payment solutions. W.A.G payment solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boku, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boku received 130 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 74.01% of users gave Boku an outperform vote.
Boku has a consensus price target of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Boku's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boku is more favorable than W.A.G payment solutions.
Summary
Boku beats W.A.G payment solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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