Payoneer Global (PAYO) Competitors

Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) and Stantec (NYSE:STN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PAYO or STN?

82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Stantec shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Payoneer Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Stantec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PAYO or STN?

Payoneer Global currently has a consensus price target of $12.36, suggesting a potential upside of 95.22%. Given Payoneer Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Payoneer Global is more favorable than Stantec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Payoneer Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Stantec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to PAYO or STN?

In the previous week, Stantec had 6 more articles in the media than Payoneer Global. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Stantec and 13 mentions for Payoneer Global. Stantec's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Payoneer Global's score of 0.94 indicating that Stantec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Payoneer Global	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stantec	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAYO or STN?

Stantec has higher revenue and earnings than Payoneer Global. Payoneer Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stantec, 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
Payoneer Global	$977.72M	2.33	$93.33M	$0.33	19.18
Stantec	$7.50B	1.30	$245.35M	$2.33	36.61

Which has more volatility and risk, PAYO or STN?

Payoneer Global has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stantec has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is PAYO or STN more profitable?

Payoneer Global has a net margin of 13.82% compared to Stantec's net margin of 4.78%. Payoneer Global's return on equity of 17.78% beat Stantec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Payoneer Global	13.82%	17.78%	1.73%
Stantec	4.78%	16.57%	6.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAYO or STN?

Stantec received 348 more outperform votes than Payoneer Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.79% of users gave Payoneer Global an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Stantec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Payoneer Global	Outperform Votes 56 71.79%	Underperform Votes 22 28.21%
Stantec	Outperform Votes 404 60.03%	Underperform Votes 269 39.97%

Summary

Payoneer Global beats Stantec on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.