Priority Technology (PRTH) Competitors

Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Do analysts recommend PRTH or DXC?

Priority Technology currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.94%. DXC Technology has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than DXC Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Priority Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
DXC Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRTH or DXC?

DXC Technology received 381 more outperform votes than Priority Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.53% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Priority Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Priority Technology	Outperform Votes 30 51.72%	Underperform Votes 28 48.28%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 60.53%	Underperform Votes 268 39.47%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PRTH or DXC?

DXC Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Priority Technology. Priority Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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
Priority Technology	$898.61M	0.75	-$1.31M	-$0.11	-77.27
DXC Technology	$12.87B	0.23	$91M	$2.11	7.57

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PRTH or DXC?

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 66.2% of Priority Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer PRTH or DXC?

In the previous week, Priority Technology had 2 more articles in the media than DXC Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Priority Technology and 3 mentions for DXC Technology. Priority Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat DXC Technology's score of 1.13 indicating that Priority Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Priority Technology	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DXC Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PRTH or DXC more profitable?

Priority Technology has a net margin of 1.96% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of -0.57%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.70% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Priority Technology	1.96%	-15.86%	1.52%
DXC Technology	-0.57%	20.70%	4.87%

Which has more risk and volatility, PRTH or DXC?

Priority Technology has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Priority Technology beats DXC Technology on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.