Payoneer Global (PAYO) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer RTO or PAYO?

Payoneer Global has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.83%. Given Payoneer Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Payoneer Global is more favorable than Rentokil Initial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rentokil Initial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Payoneer Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is RTO or PAYO more profitable?

Payoneer Global has a net margin of 13.82% compared to Rentokil Initial's net margin of 0.00%. Payoneer Global's return on equity of 17.78% beat Rentokil Initial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rentokil Initial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Payoneer Global	13.82%	17.78%	1.73%

Which has more risk and volatility, RTO or PAYO?

Rentokil Initial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, RTO or PAYO?

Rentokil Initial has higher revenue and earnings than Payoneer Global.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rentokil Initial	$6.68B	1.91	$473.93M	N/A	N/A
Payoneer Global	$831.10M	4.23	$93.33M	$0.35	28.14

Does the media refer more to RTO or PAYO?

In the previous week, Rentokil Initial and Rentokil Initial both had 3 articles in the media. Rentokil Initial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Payoneer Global's score of 0.70 indicating that Rentokil Initial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rentokil Initial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Payoneer Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RTO or PAYO?

Payoneer Global received 50 more outperform votes than Rentokil Initial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.97% of users gave Payoneer Global an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Rentokil Initial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rentokil Initial	Outperform Votes 4 30.77%	Underperform Votes 9 69.23%
Payoneer Global	Outperform Votes 54 72.97%	Underperform Votes 20 27.03%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RTO or PAYO?

9.9% of Rentokil Initial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Payoneer Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Payoneer Global beats Rentokil Initial on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.