Paysign (PAYS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer IMXI or PAYS?

International Money Express currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.33%. Paysign has a consensus price target of $6.13, indicating a potential upside of 101.48%. Given Paysign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paysign is more favorable than International Money Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Money Express	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Paysign	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, IMXI or PAYS?

International Money Express has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysign has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IMXI or PAYS?

In the previous week, International Money Express had 1 more articles in the media than Paysign. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for International Money Express and 5 mentions for Paysign. International Money Express' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Paysign's score of 0.57 indicating that International Money Express is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IMXI or PAYS?

International Money Express has higher revenue and earnings than Paysign. International Money Express 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
International Money Express	$665.67M	0.98	$59.51M	$1.79	11.75
Paysign	$47.27M	3.44	$6.46M	$0.15	20.27

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IMXI or PAYS?

86.7% of International Money Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Paysign shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of International Money Express shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Paysign shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMXI or PAYS?

International Money Express received 48 more outperform votes than Paysign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave International Money Express an outperform vote while only 54.89% of users gave Paysign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Money Express	Outperform Votes 149 64.22%	Underperform Votes 83 35.78%
Paysign	Outperform Votes 101 54.89%	Underperform Votes 83 45.11%

Is IMXI or PAYS more profitable?

Paysign has a net margin of 14.28% compared to International Money Express' net margin of 9.15%. International Money Express' return on equity of 46.30% beat Paysign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Money Express	9.15%	46.30%	11.93%
Paysign	14.28%	30.64%	4.82%

Summary

International Money Express beats Paysign on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.