Nuvei (NVEI) Competitors

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and Nuvei (NASDAQ:NVEI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Does the media refer more to TRU or NVEI?

In the previous week, TransUnion had 6 more articles in the media than Nuvei. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TransUnion and 7 mentions for Nuvei. TransUnion's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Nuvei's score of 0.30 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TransUnion	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuvei	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TRU or NVEI a better dividend stock?

TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Nuvei pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TransUnion pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nuvei pays out 266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, TRU or NVEI?

TransUnion has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvei has a beta of 2.51, indicating that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TRU or NVEI?

TransUnion currently has a consensus price target of $106.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Nuvei has a consensus price target of $32.08, suggesting a potential downside of 5.63%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Nuvei.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransUnion	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Nuvei	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TRU or NVEI?

Nuvei has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransUnion. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuvei, 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
TransUnion	$3.83B	4.92	-$206.20M	$1.15	84.12
Nuvei	$1.19B	4.05	-$7.84M	$0.15	226.60

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRU or NVEI?

TransUnion received 464 more outperform votes than Nuvei when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Nuvei an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TransUnion	Outperform Votes 519 67.32%	Underperform Votes 252 32.68%
Nuvei	Outperform Votes 55 57.29%	Underperform Votes 41 42.71%

Is TRU or NVEI more profitable?

TransUnion has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Nuvei's net margin of 1.75%. TransUnion's return on equity of 15.38% beat Nuvei's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransUnion	5.47%	15.38%	5.86%
Nuvei	1.75%	7.40%	2.92%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRU or NVEI?

42.5% of Nuvei shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransUnion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Nuvei shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TransUnion beats Nuvei on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.