CASS vs. IIIV, IMXI, VVI, LLNW, CLCT, PAY, CSGS, EVRI, INOD, and TTEC
Should you be buying Cass Information Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cass Information Systems include i3 Verticals (IIIV), International Money Express (IMXI), Viad (VVI), Limelight Networks (LLNW), Collectors Universe (CLCT), Paymentus (PAY), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), Innodata (INOD), and TTEC (TTEC).
i3 Verticals (NASDAQ:IIIV) and Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, i3 Verticals had 2 more articles in the media than Cass Information Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for i3 Verticals and 2 mentions for Cass Information Systems. Cass Information Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat i3 Verticals' score of 0.64 indicating that i3 Verticals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
i3 Verticals has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cass Information Systems has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
i3 Verticals presently has a consensus target price of $27.57, suggesting a potential upside of 41.54%. Cass Information Systems has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.45%. Given Cass Information Systems' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe i3 Verticals is more favorable than Cass Information Systems.
Cass Information Systems received 40 more outperform votes than i3 Verticals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.76% of users gave Cass Information Systems an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave i3 Verticals an outperform vote.
Cass Information Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than i3 Verticals. Cass Information Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i3 Verticals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.2% of i3 Verticals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of Cass Information Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 34.0% of i3 Verticals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Cass Information Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cass Information Systems has a net margin of 15.21% compared to Cass Information Systems' net margin of 0.63%. i3 Verticals' return on equity of 13.67% beat Cass Information Systems' return on equity.
Summary
i3 Verticals beats Cass Information Systems on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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