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EEFT vs. VIRT, AL, JKHY, G, EXLS, WEX, MMS, PAY, WU, and CSGS

Should you be buying Euronet Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euronet Worldwide include Virtu Financial (VIRT), Air Lease (AL), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), Paymentus (PAY), Western Union (WU), and CSG Systems International (CSGS).

Euronet Worldwide vs. Its Competitors

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) and Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Virtu Financial has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Euronet Worldwide's net margin of 7.88%. Virtu Financial's return on equity of 32.08% beat Euronet Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Euronet Worldwide7.88% 26.97% 5.68%
Virtu Financial 10.43%32.08%3.09%

In the previous week, Virtu Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Euronet Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Virtu Financial and 10 mentions for Euronet Worldwide. Euronet Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Virtu Financial's score of 0.87 indicating that Euronet Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Euronet Worldwide
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Virtu Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Euronet Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $126.86, suggesting a potential upside of 19.68%. Virtu Financial has a consensus price target of $37.25, suggesting a potential downside of 16.76%. Given Euronet Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Euronet Worldwide is more favorable than Virtu Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Euronet Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Virtu Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Virtu Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Euronet Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Virtu Financial. Virtu Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euronet Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Euronet Worldwide$3.99B1.15$306M$6.7515.70
Virtu Financial$3.07B2.25$276.42M$3.4612.93

Summary

Euronet Worldwide beats Virtu Financial on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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EEFT vs. The Competition

MetricEuronet WorldwideFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.61B$7.69B$12.05B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.75%5.53%4.07%
P/E Ratio15.7017.8019.9520.03
Price / Sales1.155.1525.78108.98
Price / Cash9.5722.5818.7228.59
Price / Book3.792.672.255.55
Net Income$306M$306.40M$990.08M$248.49M
7 Day Performance4.56%4.88%1.38%5.37%
1 Month Performance-5.25%8.34%3.40%6.63%
1 Year Performance3.81%24.78%542.06%21.20%

Euronet Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4401 of 5 stars
$106.00
-0.5%
$126.86
+19.7%
+4.7%$4.61B$3.99B15.7010,600Positive News
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.6338 of 5 stars
$44.75
+0.5%
$37.25
-16.8%
+100.7%$6.90B$3.07B12.93990
AL
Air Lease
4.8873 of 5 stars
$58.97
-1.3%
$57.43
-2.6%
+25.7%$6.59B$2.73B10.31150
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.2655 of 5 stars
$180.52
-0.4%
$185.11
+2.5%
+11.3%$13.15B$2.22B30.757,170Positive News
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G
Genpact
3.2202 of 5 stars
$46.07
+0.3%
$50.14
+8.8%
+47.9%$8.06B$4.77B15.72140,000
EXLS
ExlService
4.6985 of 5 stars
$45.19
-0.2%
$51.50
+14.0%
+43.6%$7.35B$1.84B34.2359,500High Trading Volume
WEX
WEX
4.1306 of 5 stars
$149.51
-1.1%
$176.90
+18.3%
-14.8%$5.12B$2.63B19.276,500Trending News
MMS
Maximus
3.8061 of 5 stars
$71.29
-1.1%
$90.00
+26.2%
-15.5%$4.02B$5.31B14.1741,100News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PAY
Paymentus
3.9986 of 5 stars
$30.86
-0.6%
$36.80
+19.2%
+65.6%$3.86B$871.74M79.131,307Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
WU
Western Union
4.7301 of 5 stars
$8.53
-1.0%
$10.78
+26.4%
-28.9%$2.82B$4.21B3.189,100
CSGS
CSG Systems International
2.653 of 5 stars
$65.60
-0.7%
$70.71
+7.8%
+64.0%$1.90B$1.20B22.395,800

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