Paysign (PAYS) Competitors

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) and Repay (NASDAQ:RPAY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAYS or RPAY?

Repay received 2 more outperform votes than Paysign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Repay an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Paysign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paysign	Outperform Votes 103 55.38%	Underperform Votes 83 44.62%
Repay	Outperform Votes 105 62.50%	Underperform Votes 63 37.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, PAYS or RPAY?

Paysign has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Repay has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PAYS or RPAY?

25.9% of Paysign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Repay shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of Paysign shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Repay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PAYS or RPAY more profitable?

Paysign has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Repay's net margin of -25.53%. Paysign's return on equity of 30.64% beat Repay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paysign	14.28%	30.64%	4.82%
Repay	-25.53%	8.73%	4.65%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PAYS or RPAY?

Paysign has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Repay. Repay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paysign, 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
Paysign	$58.38M	2.16	$6.46M	$0.07	33.56
Repay	$313.04M	1.22	-$110.49M	-$0.12	-32.54

Do analysts prefer PAYS or RPAY?

Paysign currently has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 166.07%. Repay has a consensus target price of $9.94, suggesting a potential upside of 154.48%. Given Paysign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paysign is more favorable than Repay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paysign	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Repay	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the media prefer PAYS or RPAY?

In the previous week, Repay had 4 more articles in the media than Paysign. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Repay and 3 mentions for Paysign. Paysign's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Repay's score of 0.85 indicating that Paysign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paysign	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Repay	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Paysign beats Repay on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.