Expensify (EXFY) Competitors

VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) and Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate VTEX or EXFY?

VTEX presently has a consensus target price of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 88.76%. Expensify has a consensus target price of $4.17, indicating a potential upside of 64.69%. Given VTEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VTEX is more favorable than Expensify.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VTEX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Expensify	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is VTEX or EXFY more profitable?

VTEX has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Expensify's net margin of -11.81%. VTEX's return on equity of 3.60% beat Expensify's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VTEX	3.97%	3.60%	2.53%
Expensify	-11.81%	-14.72%	-8.89%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VTEX or EXFY?

63.7% of VTEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Expensify shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of VTEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Expensify shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VTEX or EXFY?

VTEX received 6 more outperform votes than Expensify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.08% of users gave VTEX an outperform vote while only 32.20% of users gave Expensify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VTEX	Outperform Votes 25 52.08%	Underperform Votes 23 47.92%
Expensify	Outperform Votes 19 32.20%	Underperform Votes 40 67.80%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VTEX or EXFY?

VTEX has higher revenue and earnings than Expensify. Expensify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VTEX, 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
VTEX	$226.71M	3.84	-$13.69M	$0.07	67.36
Expensify	$139.24M	1.44	-$41.46M	-$0.10	-25.30

Does the media prefer VTEX or EXFY?

In the previous week, Expensify had 1 more articles in the media than VTEX. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Expensify and 4 mentions for VTEX. Expensify's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat VTEX's score of 0.79 indicating that Expensify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VTEX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Expensify	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, VTEX or EXFY?

VTEX has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expensify has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VTEX beats Expensify on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.