LSAK vs. ADTH, GAMB, VSTA, BYRN, OPFI, SHAP, PRTH, ISPR, BLDE, and TBI
Should you be buying Lesaka Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lesaka Technologies include AdTheorent (ADTH), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), OppFi (OPFI), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Priority Technology (PRTH), Ispire Technology (ISPR), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), and TrueBlue (TBI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
AdTheorent (NASDAQ:ADTH) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
AdTheorent has a net margin of -2.67% compared to AdTheorent's net margin of -4.41%. Lesaka Technologies' return on equity of 0.77% beat AdTheorent's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lesaka Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than AdTheorent. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lesaka Technologies and 7 mentions for AdTheorent. AdTheorent's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Lesaka Technologies' score of 0.22 indicating that Lesaka Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AdTheorent has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AdTheorent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lesaka Technologies. AdTheorent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lesaka Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AdTheorent received 25 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave AdTheorent an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.
37.7% of AdTheorent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of AdTheorent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Lesaka Technologies 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.
AdTheorent currently has a consensus target price of $4.69, suggesting a potential upside of 47.41%. Given Lesaka Technologies' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AdTheorent is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
Summary
AdTheorent beats Lesaka Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LSAK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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