Paysign (PAYS) Competitors

Conduent (NASDAQ:CNDT) and Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CNDT or PAYS more profitable?

Paysign has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Conduent's net margin of 12.69%. Paysign's return on equity of 30.64% beat Conduent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduent	12.69%	-11.39%	-3.21%
Paysign	14.28%	30.64%	4.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNDT or PAYS?

Paysign received 88 more outperform votes than Conduent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.38% of users gave Paysign an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Conduent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conduent	Outperform Votes 15 30.00%	Underperform Votes 35 70.00%
Paysign	Outperform Votes 103 55.38%	Underperform Votes 83 44.62%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CNDT or PAYS?

Conduent has higher revenue and earnings than Paysign. Conduent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paysign, 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
Conduent	$3.36B	0.12	$426M	$2.16	1.18
Paysign	$58.38M	1.92	$6.46M	$0.07	29.86

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CNDT or PAYS?

77.3% of Conduent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Paysign shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Conduent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Paysign shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CNDT or PAYS?

In the previous week, Conduent had 3 more articles in the media than Paysign. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Conduent and 2 mentions for Paysign. Conduent's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Paysign's score of -0.06 indicating that Conduent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conduent	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paysign	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CNDT or PAYS?

Conduent has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysign has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CNDT or PAYS?

Paysign has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 199.04%. Given Paysign's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paysign is more favorable than Conduent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conduent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Paysign	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Paysign beats Conduent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.