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APCX vs. ALAR, WAVS, MASK, DUOT, PODC, ZENA, AOGO, MNDO, LGCL, and SST

Should you be buying AppTech Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppTech Payments include Alarum Technologies (ALAR), Western Acquisition Ventures (WAVS), 3 E Network Technology Group (MASK), Duos Technologies Group (DUOT), PodcastOne (PODC), ZenaTech (ZENA), Arogo Capital Acquisition (AOGO), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), Lucas GC (LGCL), and System1 (SST). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

AppTech Payments vs.

AppTech Payments (NASDAQ:APCX) and Alarum Technologies (NASDAQ:ALAR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

AppTech Payments has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarum Technologies has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alarum Technologies had 24 more articles in the media than AppTech Payments. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Alarum Technologies and 1 mentions for AppTech Payments. Alarum Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat AppTech Payments' score of 0.00 indicating that Alarum Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AppTech Payments
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alarum Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alarum Technologies has a net margin of 22.21% compared to AppTech Payments' net margin of -3,119.45%. Alarum Technologies' return on equity of 46.33% beat AppTech Payments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AppTech Payments-3,119.45% -398.98% -153.45%
Alarum Technologies 22.21%46.33%31.59%

5.2% of AppTech Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Alarum Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of AppTech Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Alarum Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alarum Technologies has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 326.90%. Given Alarum Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alarum Technologies is more favorable than AppTech Payments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AppTech Payments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Alarum Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Alarum Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than AppTech Payments. AppTech Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alarum Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AppTech Payments$276K43.42-$18.51M-$0.48-0.75
Alarum Technologies$31.82M1.24-$5.53M$0.846.79

Alarum Technologies received 7 more outperform votes than AppTech Payments when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AppTech PaymentsN/AN/A
Alarum TechnologiesOutperform Votes
7
63.64%
Underperform Votes
4
36.36%

Summary

Alarum Technologies beats AppTech Payments on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APCX vs. The Competition

MetricAppTech PaymentsPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.99M$20.72B$6.41B$6.91B
Dividend YieldN/A1.98%2.59%4.23%
P/E Ratio-0.7594.7727.3417.05
Price / Sales43.4215.10149.8485.96
Price / CashN/A86.0631.4034.64
Price / Book1.807.134.263.66
Net Income-$18.51M$436.62M$195.43M$247.27M
7 Day Performance-18.16%-11.48%-9.05%-9.80%
1 Month Performance-16.24%-15.23%-9.46%-12.84%
1 Year Performance-63.98%-6.29%-5.30%-10.68%

AppTech Payments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APCX
AppTech Payments
0.2383 of 5 stars
$0.36
+2.1%
N/A-64.0%$11.99M$276,000.00-0.7520News Coverage
ALAR
Alarum Technologies
2.4408 of 5 stars
$5.99
+0.7%
$24.33
+306.2%
-78.5%$41.54M$31.82M5.5560Gap Down
WAVS
Western Acquisition Ventures
N/A$12.00
-33.3%
N/A+12.1%$40.80MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
MASK
3 E Network Technology Group
N/A$3.44
-6.3%
N/AN/A$38.70M$4.56M0.0022Positive News
DUOT
Duos Technologies Group
1.7029 of 5 stars
$4.50
-4.1%
$10.75
+138.9%
+25.8%$37.85M$7.35M-3.1570Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PODC
PodcastOne
1.8177 of 5 stars
$1.59
+4.6%
$5.00
+214.6%
-36.6%$37.84M$49.73M-6.62N/AGap Down
ZENA
ZenaTech
N/A$2.04
-2.4%
N/AN/A$35.31M$1.96M0.0011Gap Down
AOGO
Arogo Capital Acquisition
N/A$11.25
-6.3%
N/A+3.5%$34.64MN/A0.00N/A
MNDO
MIND C.T.I.
N/A$1.68
+0.3%
N/A-13.3%$34.01M$21.45M7.61160Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LGCL
Lucas GC
N/A$0.41
-15.9%
N/A-85.8%$32.63M$1.06B0.00361Gap Up
SST
System1
2.163 of 5 stars
$0.32
-4.5%
$5.00
+1,457.6%
-85.2%$29.92M$343.93M-0.27320Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:APCX) was last updated on 4/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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