LSAK vs. API, ARQ, PRTH, BLDE, IBEX, PAYS, SHAP, ADTH, BYRN, and ISPR
Should you be buying Lesaka Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lesaka Technologies include Agora (API), ARQ (ARQ), Priority Technology (PRTH), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), IBEX (IBEX), PaySign (PAYS), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), AdTheorent (ADTH), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), and Ispire Technology (ISPR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) and Agora (NASDAQ:API) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Agora received 13 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.28% of users gave Agora an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.
Lesaka Technologies has a net margin of -4.77% compared to Agora's net margin of -61.62%. Agora's return on equity of -13.65% beat Lesaka Technologies' return on equity.
Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agora has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agora has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.51%. Given Agora's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Agora is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
Lesaka Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Agora. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lesaka Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Agora. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lesaka Technologies and 0 mentions for Agora. Lesaka Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Agora's score of 0.17 indicating that Lesaka Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Agora shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Lesaka Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Lesaka Technologies beats Agora on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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