PAY vs. TIXT, CPLF, CVO, TC, MDF, SY, HAI, NBVA, TTM, and MKT
Should you be buying Payfare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payfare include TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Copperleaf Technologies (CPLF), Coveo Solutions (CVO), Tucows (TC), mdf commerce (MDF), Symbility Solutions (SY), Haivision Systems (HAI), Nubeva Technologies (NBVA), 6596 (TTM.V) (TTM), and DeepMarkit (MKT). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.
Payfare (TSE:PAY) and TELUS International (Cda) (TSE:TIXT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
22.8% of Payfare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Payfare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.3% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Payfare and Payfare both had 1 articles in the media. Payfare's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat TELUS International (Cda)'s score of -0.99 indicating that Payfare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Payfare has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS International (Cda) has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Payfare received 75 more outperform votes than TELUS International (Cda) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Payfare an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave TELUS International (Cda) an outperform vote.
TELUS International (Cda) has higher revenue and earnings than Payfare. Payfare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS International (Cda), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Payfare currently has a consensus price target of C$9.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.29%. TELUS International (Cda) has a consensus price target of C$10.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.87%. Given Payfare's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Payfare is more favorable than TELUS International (Cda).
Payfare has a net margin of 8.66% compared to TELUS International (Cda)'s net margin of 1.99%. Payfare's return on equity of 25.51% beat TELUS International (Cda)'s return on equity.
Summary
Payfare beats TELUS International (Cda) on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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