PAR Technology (PAR) Competitors

PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) and Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PAR or DBD?

97.0% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PAR Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAR or DBD?

Diebold Nixdorf has higher revenue and earnings than PAR Technology.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PAR Technology	$415.82M	3.33	-$69.75M	-$2.53	-16.12
Diebold Nixdorf	$3.76B	0.33	$1.38B	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to PAR or DBD?

In the previous week, PAR Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Diebold Nixdorf. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PAR Technology and 4 mentions for Diebold Nixdorf. PAR Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Diebold Nixdorf's score of -0.48 indicating that PAR Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PAR Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Diebold Nixdorf	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAR or DBD?

Diebold Nixdorf received 201 more outperform votes than PAR Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.75% of users gave PAR Technology an outperform vote while only 58.67% of users gave Diebold Nixdorf an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PAR Technology	Outperform Votes 239 59.75%	Underperform Votes 161 40.25%
Diebold Nixdorf	Outperform Votes 440 58.67%	Underperform Votes 310 41.33%

Is PAR or DBD more profitable?

Diebold Nixdorf has a net margin of 0.00% compared to PAR Technology's net margin of -16.77%. Diebold Nixdorf's return on equity of 0.00% beat PAR Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PAR Technology	-16.77%	-16.46%	-6.90%
Diebold Nixdorf	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend PAR or DBD?

PAR Technology presently has a consensus price target of $48.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.11%. Diebold Nixdorf has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.93%. Given PAR Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PAR Technology is more favorable than Diebold Nixdorf.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PAR Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Diebold Nixdorf	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

PAR Technology beats Diebold Nixdorf on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.