Priority Technology (PRTH) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PRTH or EVTC?

Priority Technology currently has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 88.25%. EVERTEC has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.99%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than EVERTEC.

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
EVERTEC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRTH or EVTC?

EVERTEC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Priority Technology. Priority Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVERTEC, 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	$879.70M	0.66	-$1.31M	-$0.31	-23.42
EVERTEC	$845.49M	2.57	$79.72M	$1.73	19.64

Is PRTH or EVTC more profitable?

EVERTEC has a net margin of 10.20% compared to Priority Technology's net margin of 1.96%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 33.01% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Priority Technology	1.96%	-15.86%	1.52%
EVERTEC	10.20%	33.01%	8.85%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRTH or EVTC?

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EVERTEC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRTH or EVTC?

EVERTEC received 256 more outperform votes than Priority Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.25% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Priority Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Priority Technology	Outperform Votes 29 50.88%	Underperform Votes 28 49.12%
EVERTEC	Outperform Votes 285 59.25%	Underperform Votes 196 40.75%

Does the media refer more to PRTH or EVTC?

In the previous week, Priority Technology had 2 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Priority Technology and 3 mentions for EVERTEC. EVERTEC's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Priority Technology's score of 1.43 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Priority Technology	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVERTEC	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 more volatility & risk, PRTH or EVTC?

Priority Technology has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVERTEC has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

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