PYDS vs. USIO, EEFT, LSAK, RILY, MRAM, ZTEK, VCSA, TCOA, HOLO, and ZENV
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), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Zentek (ZTEK), Vacasa (VCSA), Zalatoris Acquisition (TCOA), MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO), and Zenvia (ZENV).
Payment Data Systems vs.
Payment Data Systems (NASDAQ:PYDS) and Usio (NASDAQ:USIO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
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.
Payment Data Systems has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Usio has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Usio has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 192.40%. Given Usio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Usio is more favorable than Payment Data Systems.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Usio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Payment Data Systems received 157 more outperform votes than Usio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Usio an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Payment Data Systems an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Payment Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Usio'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Usio beats Payment Data Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PYDS) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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