PRTH vs. EVTC, LZ, FIVN, RAMP, ALIT, OLO, VVX, ACVA, FLYW, and ASTH
Should you be buying Priority Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Priority Technology include Evertec (EVTC), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Five9 (FIVN), LiveRamp (RAMP), Alight (ALIT), OLO (OLO), V2X (VVX), ACV Auctions (ACVA), Flywire (FLYW), and Astrana Health (ASTH). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Priority Technology vs. Its Competitors
Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and Evertec (NYSE:EVTC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Priority Technology has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evertec has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
11.5% of Priority Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Evertec shares are held by institutional investors. 66.2% of Priority Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Evertec shares are held by company 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.
Evertec has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Priority Technology. Evertec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Priority Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Evertec had 4 more articles in the media than Priority Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Evertec and 6 mentions for Priority Technology. Priority Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Evertec's score of 0.08 indicating that Priority Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Priority Technology presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 84.92%. Evertec has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.38%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Evertec.
Evertec has a net margin of 15.56% compared to Priority Technology's net margin of 4.03%. Evertec's return on equity of 36.67% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.
Summary
Priority Technology beats Evertec on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PRTH) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
