Repay (RPAY) Competitors

Repay (NASDAQ:RPAY) and Ibotta (NYSE:IBTA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RPAY or IBTA?

82.7% of Repay shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Repay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Ibotta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor RPAY or IBTA?

In the previous week, Ibotta had 28 more articles in the media than Repay. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Ibotta and 20 mentions for Repay. Repay's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Ibotta's score of 0.15 indicating that Repay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Repay	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ibotta	6 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RPAY or IBTA more profitable?

Ibotta has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Repay's net margin of -25.53%. Repay's return on equity of 8.73% beat Ibotta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Repay	-25.53%	8.73%	4.65%
Ibotta	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer RPAY or IBTA?

Repay currently has a consensus target price of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 83.29%. Ibotta has a consensus target price of $61.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.07%. Given Repay's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Repay is more favorable than Ibotta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Repay	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Ibotta	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RPAY or IBTA?

Repay received 99 more outperform votes than Ibotta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Ibotta an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Repay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Repay	Outperform Votes 105 60.69%	Underperform Votes 68 39.31%
Ibotta	Outperform Votes 6 85.71%	Underperform Votes 1 14.29%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RPAY or IBTA?

Ibotta has higher revenue and earnings than Repay. Repay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ibotta, 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
Repay	$309.65M	1.38	-$110.49M	-$0.15	-28.73
Ibotta	$367.25M	4.48	$45.91M	$1.48	35.86

Summary

Ibotta beats Repay on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.