EVTC vs. RAMP, STER, GB, TIXT, PAGS, MARA, YEXT, PGRU, MIR, and PAY
Should you be buying EVERTEC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EVERTEC include LiveRamp (RAMP), Sterling Check (STER), Global Blue Group (GB), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Marathon Digital (MARA), Yext (YEXT), PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), Mirion Technologies (MIR), and Paymentus (PAY).
EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EVERTEC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of LiveRamp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EVERTEC received 134 more outperform votes than LiveRamp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.20% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 59.49% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote.
EVERTEC has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. LiveRamp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVERTEC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LiveRamp had 2 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LiveRamp and 4 mentions for EVERTEC. EVERTEC's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat LiveRamp's score of 0.59 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EVERTEC has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
EVERTEC has a net margin of 11.48% compared to LiveRamp's net margin of -2.22%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 29.73% beat LiveRamp's return on equity.
EVERTEC currently has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.58%. LiveRamp has a consensus price target of $47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.70%. Given LiveRamp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than EVERTEC.
Summary
EVERTEC beats LiveRamp on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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