PAY vs. HRI, OCN, LOOK, RSG, MXCT, CSN, TRMR, HUR, ACRL, and TRU
Should you be buying PayPoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPoint include Herald (HRI), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), Lookers (LOOK), Resolute Mining (RSG), MaxCyte (MXCT), Chesnara (CSN), Tremor International (TRMR), Hurricane Energy (HUR), Accrol Group (ACRL), and TruFin (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
PayPoint vs.
PayPoint (LON:PAY) and Herald (LON:HRI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, PayPoint and PayPoint both had 2 articles in the media. Herald's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat PayPoint's score of 0.48 indicating that Herald is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PayPoint has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to PayPoint's net margin of 11.65%. PayPoint's return on equity of 30.78% beat Herald's return on equity.
PayPoint received 243 more outperform votes than Herald when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave PayPoint an outperform vote.
PayPoint presently has a consensus target price of GBX 675, suggesting a potential upside of 0.30%. Given PayPoint's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PayPoint is more favorable than Herald.
37.4% of PayPoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of PayPoint shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Herald shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Herald has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PayPoint. Herald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PayPoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PayPoint beats Herald on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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This page (LON:PAY) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
