Priority Technology (PRTH) Competitors

Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate PRTH or RNG?

Priority Technology currently has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 103.98%. RingCentral has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.72%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than RingCentral.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Priority Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PRTH or RNG?

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are held by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRTH or RNG?

RingCentral received 903 more outperform votes than Priority Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.59% of users gave RingCentral an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Priority Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Priority Technology	Outperform Votes 29 50.88%	Underperform Votes 28 49.12%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 932 72.59%	Underperform Votes 352 27.41%

Does the media refer more to PRTH or RNG?

In the previous week, RingCentral had 10 more articles in the media than Priority Technology. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for RingCentral and 3 mentions for Priority Technology. Priority Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat RingCentral's score of 0.77 indicating that Priority Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Priority Technology	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RingCentral	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PRTH or RNG more profitable?

Priority Technology has a net margin of 1.96% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -2.43%. RingCentral's return on equity of -12.34% beat Priority Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Priority Technology	1.96%	-15.86%	1.52%
RingCentral	-2.43%	-12.34%	3.57%

Which has more risk and volatility, PRTH or RNG?

Priority Technology has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PRTH or RNG?

Priority Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RingCentral. RingCentral is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Priority Technology, 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
Priority Technology	$879.70M	0.61	-$1.31M	-$0.31	-21.61
RingCentral	$2.40B	0.85	-$165.24M	-$0.64	-35.22

Summary

RingCentral beats Priority Technology on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.