Primis Financial (FRST) Competitors

Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ:PGY) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PGY or FRST?

Primis Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pagaya Technologies. Primis Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pagaya Technologies, 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
Pagaya Technologies	$1.00B	0.89	-$401.41M	-$5.50	-2.15
Primis Financial	$147.43M	1.51	-$7.54M	-$0.29	-31.03

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PGY or FRST?

57.1% of Pagaya Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Primis Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 49.6% of Pagaya Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Primis Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PGY or FRST?

In the previous week, Primis Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Pagaya Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Primis Financial and 6 mentions for Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Primis Financial's score of 0.11 indicating that Pagaya Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pagaya Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Primis Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGY or FRST?

Pagaya Technologies received 22 more outperform votes than Primis Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pagaya Technologies	Outperform Votes 29 72.50%	Underperform Votes 11 27.50%
Primis Financial	Outperform Votes 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%

Is PGY or FRST more profitable?

Primis Financial has a net margin of -2.97% compared to Pagaya Technologies' net margin of -39.20%. Pagaya Technologies' return on equity of 0.82% beat Primis Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pagaya Technologies	-39.20%	0.82%	0.36%
Primis Financial	-2.97%	-2.05%	-0.20%

Do analysts prefer PGY or FRST?

Pagaya Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $20.61, suggesting a potential upside of 74.08%. Primis Financial has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.56%. Given Pagaya Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Primis Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pagaya Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Primis Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PGY or FRST?

Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 5.89, indicating that its share price is 489% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pagaya Technologies beats Primis Financial on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.