PAY vs. WU, EXLS, MMS, WEX, WNS, FA, PAYO, FLYW, ADV, and MAX
Should you be buying Paymentus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paymentus include Western Union (WU), ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), WEX (WEX), WNS (WNS), First Advantage (FA), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Flywire (FLYW), Advantage Solutions (ADV), and MediaAlpha (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Western Union (NYSE:WU) and Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Paymentus received 30 more outperform votes than Western Union when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.21% of users gave Paymentus an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Western Union's net margin of 4.43%. Paymentus' return on equity of 120.76% beat Western Union's return on equity.
Western Union presently has a consensus price target of $13.61, suggesting a potential upside of 3.27%. Paymentus has a consensus price target of $19.06, suggesting a potential upside of 2.10%. Given Paymentus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Union is more favorable than Paymentus.
91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Paymentus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.8% of Paymentus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Union had 11 more articles in the media than Paymentus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Western Union and 5 mentions for Paymentus. Paymentus' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Western Union's score of 0.69 indicating that Western Union is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than Paymentus. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paymentus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Union has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paymentus has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Western Union beats Paymentus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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