Everi (EVRI) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WEX or EVRI?

WEX has higher revenue and earnings than Everi. WEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everi, 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
WEX	$2.63B	1.59	$309.60M	$7.50	16.23
Everi	$757.90M	1.60	$84M	$0.17	82.56

Which has more volatility & risk, WEX or EVRI?

WEX has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everi has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WEX or EVRI?

In the previous week, WEX had 15 more articles in the media than Everi. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for WEX and 14 mentions for Everi. Everi's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat WEX's score of 1.02 indicating that Everi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WEX	15 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Everi	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WEX or EVRI more profitable?

WEX has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Everi's net margin of 1.72%. WEX's return on equity of 32.35% beat Everi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WEX	11.78%	32.35%	3.89%
Everi	1.72%	5.47%	0.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WEX or EVRI?

WEX received 106 more outperform votes than Everi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.15% of users gave Everi an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave WEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WEX	Outperform Votes 503 59.74%	Underperform Votes 339 40.26%
Everi	Outperform Votes 397 60.15%	Underperform Votes 263 39.85%

Do analysts prefer WEX or EVRI?

WEX currently has a consensus price target of $185.80, indicating a potential upside of 52.66%. Everi has a consensus price target of $12.83, indicating a potential downside of 8.56%. Given WEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WEX is more favorable than Everi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WEX	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Everi	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WEX or EVRI?

97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Everi shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Everi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

WEX beats Everi on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.