Lesaka Technologies (LSAK) Competitors

Triumph Financial (NASDAQ:TFIN) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TFIN or LSAK?

91.1% of Triumph Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Triumph Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TFIN or LSAK more profitable?

Triumph Financial has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Lesaka Technologies' net margin of -7.94%. Triumph Financial's return on equity of 1.93% beat Lesaka Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triumph Financial	3.30%	1.93%	0.28%
Lesaka Technologies	-7.94%	-24.96%	-7.95%

Do analysts recommend TFIN or LSAK?

Triumph Financial currently has a consensus price target of $68.20, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Given Triumph Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Triumph Financial is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triumph Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Lesaka Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TFIN or LSAK?

Triumph Financial received 1 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote while only 6.06% of users gave Triumph Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Triumph Financial	Outperform Votes 2 6.06%	Underperform Votes 31 93.94%
Lesaka Technologies	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, TFIN or LSAK?

Triumph Financial has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TFIN or LSAK?

Triumph Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Triumph Financial, 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
Triumph Financial	$415.91M	3.33	$16.09M	$0.37	159.95
Lesaka Technologies	$574.08M	0.60	-$17.44M	-$0.82	-5.18

Does the media prefer TFIN or LSAK?

In the previous week, Lesaka Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Triumph Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lesaka Technologies and 1 mentions for Triumph Financial. Triumph Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Lesaka Technologies' score of 0.93 indicating that Triumph Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Triumph Financial	Very Positive
Lesaka Technologies	Positive

Summary

Triumph Financial beats Lesaka Technologies on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.