This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Payment Data Systems (PYDS) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsHeadlinesTrendsBuy This Stock PYDS vs. USIO, EEFT, LSAK, RILY, DUOT, YYGH, ASST, ZENV, NAMI, and NOTEShould you be buying Payment Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payment Data Systems include Usio (USIO), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Duos Technologies Group (DUOT), YY Group (YYGH), Asset Entities (ASST), Zenvia (ZENV), Jinxin Technology Holding Company American Depositary Shares (NAMI), and FiscalNote (NOTE). Payment Data Systems vs. Its Competitors Usio Euronet Worldwide Lesaka Technologies B. Riley Financial Duos Technologies Group YY Group Asset Entities Zenvia Jinxin Technology Holding Company American Depositary Shares FiscalNote Usio (NASDAQ:USIO) and Payment Data Systems (NASDAQ:PYDS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USIO or PYDS? Payment Data Systems received 156 more outperform votes than Usio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Payment Data Systems an outperform vote while only 65.88% of users gave Usio an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformUsioOutperform Votes5665.88% Underperform Votes2934.12% Payment Data SystemsOutperform Votes21266.67% Underperform Votes10633.33% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, USIO or PYDS? Usio has higher revenue and earnings than Payment Data Systems. Payment Data Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Usio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioUsio$82.93M0.46$3.31M$0.1113.09Payment Data Systems$25.02M0.97-$3.78M-$0.31-4.65 Which has more risk and volatility, USIO or PYDS? Usio has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payment Data Systems has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend USIO or PYDS? Usio presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 177.78%. Given Usio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Usio is more favorable than Payment Data Systems.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Usio 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Payment Data Systems 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in USIO or PYDS? 20.2% of Usio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Payment Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Usio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Payment Data Systems shares are owned 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. Is USIO or PYDS more profitable? Usio has a net margin of 3.95% compared to Payment Data Systems' net margin of -14.73%. Usio's return on equity of 0.74% beat Payment Data Systems' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Usio3.95% 0.74% 0.12% Payment Data Systems -14.73%-36.84%-5.90% Does the media refer more to USIO or PYDS? In the previous week, Usio had 2 more articles in the media than Payment Data Systems. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Usio and 0 mentions for Payment Data Systems. Payment Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Usio's score of -0.01 indicating that Payment Data Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Usio Neutral Payment Data Systems Neutral SummaryUsio beats Payment Data Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Payment Data Systems News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PYDS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PYDS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PYDS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPayment Data SystemsFunctions Related To Depository Banking IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$24.34M$36.59M$6.26B$8.54BDividend YieldN/AN/A2.63%4.21%P/E Ratio-4.6515.3327.3019.17Price / Sales0.970.4450.22110.05Price / CashN/A28.8123.9755.76Price / Book2.402.425.915.76Net Income-$3.78M-$470K$189.65M$248.88M Payment Data Systems Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PYDSPayment Data SystemsN/A$1.44+2.9%N/A-5.3%$24.34M$25.02M-4.65N/AHigh Trading VolumeUSIOUsio2.3568 of 5 stars$1.38flat$4.00+189.9%-7.1%$36.59M$83.97M15.33110News CoverageShort Interest ↑EEFTEuronet Worldwide4.2986 of 5 stars$102.67-4.7%$125.57+22.3%-9.3%$4.44B$4.05B15.879,500Positive NewsLSAKLesaka Technologies0.4775 of 5 stars$4.24+3.2%N/A-14.3%$344.50M$574.08M-6.952,660Positive NewsGap DownRILYB. Riley Financial0.4295 of 5 stars$2.91-1.0%N/A-85.7%$88.75M$1.44B-0.141,410News CoverageUpcoming EarningsDUOTDuos Technologies Group3.6222 of 5 stars$7.61+0.7%$12.50+64.3%+170.0%$88.69M$11.16M-5.3270Positive NewsShort Interest ↓YYGHYY GroupN/A$1.84+1.1%N/A+149.4%$86.44M$41.10M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeASSTAsset Entities0.5247 of 5 stars$5.44-5.4%N/A+178.4%$85.80M$679.40K-2.8011Gap DownZENVZenvia1.0964 of 5 stars$1.62+5.2%N/A-32.1%$84.14M$959.68M-7.041,080News CoverageNAMIJinxin Technology Holding Company American Depositary SharesN/A$1.23flatN/AN/A$84.09M$406.40M0.00N/ANews CoverageNOTEFiscalNote2.8324 of 5 stars$0.53+1.2%$2.63+400.6%-64.1%$83.22M$115.67M-2.39790News CoverageGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies USIO Alternatives EEFT Alternatives LSAK Alternatives RILY Alternatives DUOT Alternatives YYGH Alternatives ASST Alternatives ZENV Alternatives NAMI Alternatives NOTE Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PYDS) was last updated on 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWar Tensions Are Making Gold Rise to Record HighsIf you've been watching gold's historic run and wondering if it's too late… I've got good news. 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