Aeries Technology (AERT) Competitors

Aeries Technology (NASDAQ:AERT) and Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AERT or PAYS?

99.2% of Aeries Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Paysign shares are held by institutional investors. 76.9% of Aeries Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Paysign shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AERT or PAYS?

Paysign received 103 more outperform votes than Aeries Technology when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aeries Technology	N/A	N/A
Paysign	Outperform Votes 103 55.38%	Underperform Votes 83 44.62%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AERT or PAYS?

Aeries Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Paysign. Aeries Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paysign, 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
Aeries Technology	$70.85M	0.46	$15.66M	$1.62	0.46
Paysign	$58.38M	2.21	$6.46M	$0.07	34.29

Is AERT or PAYS more profitable?

Aeries Technology has a net margin of 23.81% compared to Paysign's net margin of 14.28%. Paysign's return on equity of 30.64% beat Aeries Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aeries Technology	23.81%	-2,170.47%	33.11%
Paysign	14.28%	30.64%	4.82%

Does the media prefer AERT or PAYS?

In the previous week, Aeries Technology and Aeries Technology both had 3 articles in the media. Aeries Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Paysign's score of 0.93 indicating that Aeries Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aeries Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paysign	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend AERT or PAYS?

Paysign has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 160.42%. Given Paysign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paysign is more favorable than Aeries Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aeries Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Paysign	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AERT or PAYS?

Aeries Technology has a beta of -0.67, suggesting that its share price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysign has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aeries Technology and Paysign tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.