Nayax (NYAX) Competitors

Nayax (NASDAQ:NYAX) and SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NYAX or SOUN?

34.9% of Nayax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NYAX or SOUN?

SoundHound AI received 22 more outperform votes than Nayax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave Nayax an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nayax	Outperform Votes 3 23.08%	Underperform Votes 10 76.92%
SoundHound AI	Outperform Votes 25 64.10%	Underperform Votes 14 35.90%

Does the media favor NYAX or SOUN?

In the previous week, SoundHound AI had 39 more articles in the media than Nayax. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for SoundHound AI and 1 mentions for Nayax. SoundHound AI's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Nayax's score of 0.00 indicating that SoundHound AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nayax	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SoundHound AI	20 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NYAX or SOUN?

Nayax presently has a consensus price target of $31.25, indicating a potential downside of 12.42%. SoundHound AI has a consensus price target of $12.36, indicating a potential downside of 9.41%. Given SoundHound AI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoundHound AI is more favorable than Nayax.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nayax	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
SoundHound AI	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is NYAX or SOUN more profitable?

Nayax has a net margin of -3.62% compared to SoundHound AI's net margin of -163.58%. Nayax's return on equity of -7.32% beat SoundHound AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nayax	-3.62%	-7.32%	-2.63%
SoundHound AI	-163.58%	-55.58%	-31.70%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NYAX or SOUN?

Nayax has higher revenue and earnings than SoundHound AI. Nayax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SoundHound AI, 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
Nayax	$291.65M	4.34	-$15.89M	-$0.31	-115.10
SoundHound AI	$45.87M	109.95	-$88.94M	-$0.36	-37.89

Which has more volatility and risk, NYAX or SOUN?

Nayax has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SoundHound AI beats Nayax on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.