PRTH vs. PAYO, EVTC, UPWK, PINC, FIVN, ALIT, ACVA, RAMP, LZ, and VVX
Should you be buying Priority Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Priority Technology include Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), Upwork (UPWK), Premier (PINC), Five9 (FIVN), Alight (ALIT), ACV Auctions (ACVA), LiveRamp (RAMP), LegalZoom.com (LZ), and V2X (VVX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Priority Technology vs. Its Competitors
Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
Payoneer Global has higher revenue and earnings than Priority Technology. Payoneer Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Priority Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Priority Technology presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.63%. Payoneer Global has a consensus target price of $10.06, indicating a potential upside of 55.41%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Payoneer Global.
Payoneer Global has a net margin of 9.81% compared to Priority Technology's net margin of 4.03%. Payoneer Global's return on equity of 13.42% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.
11.5% of Priority Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.2% of Priority Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Payoneer Global had 4 more articles in the media than Priority Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Payoneer Global and 6 mentions for Priority Technology. Priority Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Payoneer Global's score of 1.39 indicating that Priority Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Priority Technology has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Priority Technology and Payoneer Global tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PRTH) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff