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Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) Competitors

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$91.34 +0.84 (+0.93%)
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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Virtu Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Virtu Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Virtu Financial has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Euronet Worldwide's net margin of 8.06%. 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 Worldwide8.06% 26.62% 5.66%
Virtu Financial 10.43%32.08%3.09%

Euronet Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $123.83, indicating a potential upside of 35.57%. Virtu Financial has a consensus price target of $39.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Given Euronet Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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

In the previous week, Virtu Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Euronet Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Virtu Financial and 7 mentions for Euronet Worldwide. Euronet Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Virtu Financial's score of 1.29 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Virtu Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virtu Financial has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$3.99B0.94$306M$7.2912.53
Virtu Financial$3.38B1.72$276.42M$4.408.65

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

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EEFT vs. The Competition

MetricEuronet WorldwideFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.74B$7.76B$12.42B$10.03B
Dividend YieldN/A4.62%5.41%4.54%
P/E Ratio12.5316.97232.1626.29
Price / Sales0.948.0231.2681.86
Price / Cash8.1825.1219.0929.20
Price / Book3.262.972.296.43
Net Income$306M$310.98M$1.01B$270.56M
7 Day Performance0.12%5.12%1.05%3.01%
1 Month Performance-0.32%7.53%3.89%9.74%
1 Year Performance-7.41%36.63%542.42%26.68%

Euronet Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.6259 of 5 stars
$91.34
+0.9%
$123.83
+35.6%
-9.3%$3.74B$3.99B12.5310,600Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.2777 of 5 stars
$41.84
-1.3%
$39.75
-5.0%
+23.5%$6.40B$3.38B12.09990Positive News
AL
Air Lease
4.6551 of 5 stars
$60.13
-0.9%
$59.50
-1.1%
+49.9%$6.72B$2.73B7.30150
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
4.8568 of 5 stars
$163.26
+0.3%
$182.70
+11.9%
-4.2%$11.90B$2.38B26.167,400Positive News
G
Genpact
4.1806 of 5 stars
$45.33
+0.8%
$52.29
+15.3%
+15.5%$7.90B$4.77B15.06140,000Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
4.5046 of 5 stars
$43.78
+0.4%
$51.33
+17.3%
+24.5%$7.07B$1.84B30.4059,500News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WEX
WEX
4.3396 of 5 stars
$171.54
+0.6%
$179.82
+4.8%
-7.4%$5.88B$2.63B21.696,500
MMS
Maximus
2.8269 of 5 stars
$88.06
+0.4%
$90.00
+2.2%
+1.2%$4.96B$5.31B16.2241,100Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
3.0803 of 5 stars
$38.90
+0.5%
$37.00
-4.9%
+77.8%$4.87B$871.74M90.471,307News Coverage
Positive News
WU
Western Union
4.4223 of 5 stars
$8.67
+1.8%
$8.61
-0.6%
-28.1%$2.80B$4.21B3.288,900News Coverage
Positive News
CSGS
CSG Systems International
3.5927 of 5 stars
$64.16
+0.8%
$71.29
+11.1%
+39.7%$1.85B$1.20B22.205,800

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