Pony AI (PONY) Competitors

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is PONY or PCTY more profitable?

Paylocity has a net margin of 14.76% compared to Pony AI's net margin of 0.00%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.45% beat Pony AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paylocity	14.76%	22.45%	5.35%

Does the media refer more to PONY or PCTY?

In the previous week, Pony AI had 6 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Pony AI and 25 mentions for Paylocity. Paylocity's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Pony AI's score of 0.32 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pony AI	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paylocity	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PONY or PCTY?

94.8% of Paylocity shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Paylocity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PONY or PCTY?

Paylocity has higher revenue and earnings than Pony AI.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03M	42.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paylocity	$1.50B	7.16	$206.77M	$3.90	49.26

Do analysts recommend PONY or PCTY?

Pony AI presently has a consensus price target of $19.20, suggesting a potential upside of 111.22%. Paylocity has a consensus price target of $226.12, suggesting a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Pony AI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pony AI is more favorable than Paylocity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PONY or PCTY?

Paylocity received 573 more outperform votes than Pony AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Pony AI an outperform vote while only 67.92% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pony AI	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Paylocity	Outperform Votes 576 67.92%	Underperform Votes 272 32.08%

Summary

Paylocity beats Pony AI on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.