PYDS vs. USIO, EEFT, LSAK, PAYS, VOCL, CDLX, STFS, III, RILY, and RCMT
Should you be buying Payment Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payment Data Systems include Usio (USIO), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Paysign (PAYS), Creatd (VOCL), Cardlytics (CDLX), Star Fashion Culture (STFS), Information Services Group (III), B. Riley Financial (RILY), and RCM Technologies (RCMT).
Payment Data Systems vs.
Payment Data Systems (NASDAQ:PYDS) and Usio (NASDAQ:USIO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Payment Data Systems has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Usio has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.8% of Payment Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.2% of Usio shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.6% of Payment Data Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Usio shares are owned 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.
Usio has higher revenue and earnings than Payment Data Systems. Payment Data Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Usio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Usio had 1 more articles in the media than Payment Data Systems. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Usio and 0 mentions for Payment Data Systems. Usio's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat Payment Data Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Usio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Usio has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.05%. Given Usio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Usio is more favorable than Payment Data Systems.
Usio has a net margin of 3.33% compared to Payment Data Systems' net margin of -14.73%. Usio's return on equity of -2.98% beat Payment Data Systems' return on equity.
Payment Data Systems received 158 more outperform votes than Usio when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Usio beats Payment Data Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PYDS) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
