W.A.G payment solutions (WPS) Competitors

Network International (LON:NETW) and W.A.G payment solutions (LON:WPS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NETW or WPS?

99.8% of Network International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Network International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.9% of W.A.G payment solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NETW or WPS?

Network International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W.A.G payment solutions. W.A.G payment solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Network International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Network International	£490.13M	4.35	£65.69M	£0.09	4,437.78
W.A.G payment solutions	£2.22B	0.25	-£47.97M	-£0.06	-1,366.67

Do analysts rate NETW or WPS?

W.A.G payment solutions has a consensus target price of GBX 91, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Given W.A.G payment solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W.A.G payment solutions is more favorable than Network International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Network International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
W.A.G payment solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is NETW or WPS more profitable?

Network International has a net margin of 13.40% compared to W.A.G payment solutions' net margin of -2.18%. Network International's return on equity of 10.62% beat W.A.G payment solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Network International	13.40%	10.62%	4.79%
W.A.G payment solutions	-2.18%	-15.74%	1.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, NETW or WPS?

Network International has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.A.G payment solutions has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NETW or WPS?

Network International received 70 more outperform votes than W.A.G payment solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave W.A.G payment solutions an outperform vote while only 94.74% of users gave Network International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Network International	Outperform Votes 72 94.74%	Underperform Votes 4 5.26%
W.A.G payment solutions	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer NETW or WPS?

In the previous week, Network International had 5 more articles in the media than W.A.G payment solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Network International and 1 mentions for W.A.G payment solutions. W.A.G payment solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Network International's score of 0.01 indicating that W.A.G payment solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Network International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
W.A.G payment solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Network International beats W.A.G payment solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.