AppTech Payments (APCX) Competitors

AppTech Payments (NASDAQ:APCX) and Firefly Neuroscience (NASDAQ:AIFF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, APCX or AIFF?

Firefly Neuroscience has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppTech Payments. Firefly Neuroscience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppTech Payments, 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
AppTech Payments	$276K	9.16	-$18.51M	-$0.48	-0.16
Firefly Neuroscience	$108K	402.50	-$2.03M	-$2.94	-1.15

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APCX or AIFF?

AppTech Payments and Firefly Neuroscience both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AppTech Payments	N/A	N/A
Firefly Neuroscience	N/A	N/A

Is APCX or AIFF more profitable?

Firefly Neuroscience has a net margin of -73.72% compared to AppTech Payments' net margin of -3,119.45%. Firefly Neuroscience's return on equity of -276.50% beat AppTech Payments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AppTech Payments	-3,119.45%	-398.98%	-153.45%
Firefly Neuroscience	-73.72%	-276.50%	-133.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of APCX or AIFF?

5.2% of AppTech Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Firefly Neuroscience shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of AppTech Payments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Firefly Neuroscience shares are owned by 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 media favor APCX or AIFF?

In the previous week, AppTech Payments had 2 more articles in the media than Firefly Neuroscience. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AppTech Payments and 1 mentions for Firefly Neuroscience. AppTech Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Firefly Neuroscience's score of -0.95 indicating that AppTech Payments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AppTech Payments	Neutral
Firefly Neuroscience	Negative

Which has more risk & volatility, APCX or AIFF?

AppTech Payments has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Firefly Neuroscience has a beta of 3.22, suggesting that its share price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AppTech Payments beats Firefly Neuroscience on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.