Lesaka Technologies (LSAK) Competitors

Customers Bancorp (NYSE:CUBI) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to CUBI or LSAK?

In the previous week, Customers Bancorp had 14 more articles in the media than Lesaka Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Customers Bancorp and 1 mentions for Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Customers Bancorp's score of 0.83 indicating that Lesaka Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Customers Bancorp	Positive
Lesaka Technologies	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CUBI or LSAK?

Customers Bancorp has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CUBI or LSAK?

89.3% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Customers Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CUBI or LSAK?

Customers Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Customers Bancorp, 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
Customers Bancorp	$687.50M	2.23	$181.47M	$5.08	9.61
Lesaka Technologies	$576.60M	0.62	-$17.44M	-$0.61	-7.46

Do analysts rate CUBI or LSAK?

Customers Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.09%. Given Customers Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Customers Bancorp is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Customers Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Lesaka Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CUBI or LSAK?

Customers Bancorp received 361 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Customers Bancorp an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Customers Bancorp	Outperform Votes 362 66.67%	Underperform Votes 181 33.33%
Lesaka Technologies	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Is CUBI or LSAK more profitable?

Customers Bancorp has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Lesaka Technologies' net margin of -7.94%. Customers Bancorp's return on equity of 12.29% beat Lesaka Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Customers Bancorp	13.07%	12.29%	0.93%
Lesaka Technologies	-7.94%	-24.96%	-7.95%

Summary

Customers Bancorp beats Lesaka Technologies on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.