Tucows (TCX) Competitors

Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is PRTH or TCX more profitable?

Priority Technology has a net margin of 1.96% compared to Tucows' net margin of -25.48%. Priority Technology's return on equity of -15.86% beat Tucows' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Priority Technology	1.96%	-15.86%	1.52%
Tucows	-25.48%	-490.14%	-11.58%

Does the media prefer PRTH or TCX?

In the previous week, Priority Technology had 5 more articles in the media than Tucows. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Priority Technology and 1 mentions for Tucows. Tucows' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Priority Technology's score of 0.26 indicating that Tucows is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts prefer PRTH or TCX?

Priority Technology currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.00%. Given Priority Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Tucows.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Priority Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Tucows	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PRTH or TCX?

Priority Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Tucows. Priority Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tucows, 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	$851.91M	0.84	-$1.31M	-$0.42	-21.95
Tucows	$356.14M	0.48	-$96.20M	-$8.29	-1.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRTH or TCX?

Tucows received 174 more outperform votes than Priority Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.82% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote while only 48.15% of users gave Priority Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Priority Technology	Outperform Votes 26 48.15%	Underperform Votes 28 51.85%
Tucows	Outperform Votes 200 58.82%	Underperform Votes 140 41.18%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PRTH or TCX?

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Tucows shares are held by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Tucows shares are held by company 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 and volatility, PRTH or TCX?

Priority Technology has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tucows has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Priority Technology beats Tucows on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.