DLO vs. WU, CBZ, EEFT, CNXC, EXLS, MMS, ENV, FOUR, FLYW, and PAY
Should you be buying DLocal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DLocal include Western Union (WU), CBIZ (CBZ), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Concentrix (CNXC), ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Envestnet (ENV), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Flywire (FLYW), and Paymentus (PAY).
DLocal (NASDAQ:DLO) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
DLocal has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Western Union's net margin of 14.37%. Western Union's return on equity of 113.63% beat DLocal's return on equity.
In the previous week, Western Union had 7 more articles in the media than DLocal. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Western Union and 11 mentions for DLocal. Western Union's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat DLocal's score of 0.60 indicating that Western Union is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of DLocal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of DLocal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DLocal currently has a consensus price target of $18.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.50%. Western Union has a consensus price target of $13.35, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given DLocal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DLocal is more favorable than Western Union.
Western Union received 580 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.83% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote while only 32.73% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.
DLocal has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than DLocal. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLocal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DLocal and Western Union tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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