i3 Verticals (IIIV) Competitors

PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) and i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Is PAGS or IIIV more profitable?

i3 Verticals has a net margin of 41.85% compared to PagSeguro Digital's net margin of 11.12%. PagSeguro Digital's return on equity of 15.49% beat i3 Verticals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PagSeguro Digital	11.12%	15.49%	3.49%
i3 Verticals	41.85%	3.36%	1.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAGS or IIIV?

PagSeguro Digital received 227 more outperform votes than i3 Verticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave i3 Verticals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PagSeguro Digital	Outperform Votes 388 61.78%	Underperform Votes 240 38.22%
i3 Verticals	Outperform Votes 161 61.69%	Underperform Votes 100 38.31%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PAGS or IIIV?

45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of i3 Verticals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAGS or IIIV?

PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than i3 Verticals. i3 Verticals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagSeguro Digital, 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
PagSeguro Digital	$18.84B	0.16	$331.23M	$1.22	7.38
i3 Verticals	$241.65M	3.45	$113.34M	$4.40	5.71

Does the media prefer PAGS or IIIV?

In the previous week, PagSeguro Digital had 9 more articles in the media than i3 Verticals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PagSeguro Digital and 6 mentions for i3 Verticals. PagSeguro Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat i3 Verticals' score of -0.35 indicating that PagSeguro Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PagSeguro Digital	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
i3 Verticals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PAGS or IIIV?

PagSeguro Digital currently has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 29.05%. i3 Verticals has a consensus price target of $29.57, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. Given PagSeguro Digital's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than i3 Verticals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PagSeguro Digital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
i3 Verticals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility and risk, PAGS or IIIV?

PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PagSeguro Digital beats i3 Verticals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.