Priority Technology (PRTH) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PRTH or RNG?

Priority Technology currently has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 61.05%. RingCentral has a consensus target price of $41.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.29%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RingCentral	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is PRTH or RNG more profitable?

Priority Technology has a net margin of 1.96% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -4.17%. RingCentral's return on equity of -2.55% 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	-4.17%	-2.55%	0.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRTH or RNG?

RingCentral received 896 more outperform votes than Priority Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.85% of users gave RingCentral an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Priority Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Priority Technology	Outperform Votes 27 49.09%	Underperform Votes 28 50.91%
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 923 72.85%	Underperform Votes 344 27.15%

Does the media refer more to PRTH or RNG?

In the previous week, Priority Technology had 10 more articles in the media than RingCentral. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Priority Technology and 2 mentions for RingCentral. RingCentral's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Priority Technology's score of 0.75 indicating that RingCentral is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Priority Technology	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RingCentral	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better 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	$755.61M	0.91	-$1.31M	-$0.42	-21.19
RingCentral	$2.20B	1.39	-$165.24M	-$1.06	-31.85

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PRTH or RNG?

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of RingCentral shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of RingCentral shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, PRTH or RNG?

Priority Technology has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RingCentral has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Priority Technology beats RingCentral on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.