PAY vs. WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, EXLS, WU, CSGS, EVRI, CASS, and INOD
Should you be buying Paymentus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paymentus include WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), Cass Information Systems (CASS), and Innodata (INOD). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.
WEX (NYSE:WEX) and Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, WEX had 7 more articles in the media than Paymentus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WEX and 1 mentions for Paymentus. WEX's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Paymentus' score of 0.99 indicating that Paymentus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WEX has a net margin of 10.21% compared to WEX's net margin of 4.43%. Paymentus' return on equity of 30.92% beat WEX's return on equity.
WEX has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paymentus has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WEX presently has a consensus target price of $237.14, suggesting a potential upside of 30.90%. Paymentus has a consensus target price of $19.06, suggesting a potential downside of 2.24%. Given Paymentus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WEX is more favorable than Paymentus.
Paymentus received 132 more outperform votes than WEX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.64% of users gave WEX an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Paymentus an outperform vote.
97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Paymentus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of WEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.8% of Paymentus 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.
WEX has higher revenue and earnings than Paymentus. WEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paymentus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
WEX beats Paymentus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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