Li-Cycle (LICY) Competitors

Li-Cycle (NYSE:LICY) and Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LICY or PAYS?

Paysign received 80 more outperform votes than Li-Cycle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.64% of users gave Paysign an outperform vote while only 35.09% of users gave Li-Cycle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Li-Cycle	Outperform Votes 20 35.09%	Underperform Votes 37 64.91%
Paysign	Outperform Votes 100 54.64%	Underperform Votes 83 45.36%

Do analysts rate LICY or PAYS?

Li-Cycle currently has a consensus target price of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 92.76%. Paysign has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 78.23%. Given Li-Cycle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Li-Cycle is more favorable than Paysign.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Li-Cycle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Paysign	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LICY or PAYS more profitable?

Paysign has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Li-Cycle's net margin of -77.74%. Paysign's return on equity of 30.64% beat Li-Cycle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Li-Cycle	-77.74%	-41.90%	-13.43%
Paysign	14.28%	30.64%	4.82%

Which has more volatility and risk, LICY or PAYS?

Li-Cycle has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysign has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LICY or PAYS?

In the previous week, Paysign had 4 more articles in the media than Li-Cycle. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Paysign and 2 mentions for Li-Cycle. Li-Cycle's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Paysign's score of 0.24 indicating that Li-Cycle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Li-Cycle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paysign	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LICY or PAYS?

54.1% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Paysign shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Li-Cycle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Paysign shares are owned 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 preferable valuation & earnings, LICY or PAYS?

Paysign has higher revenue and earnings than Li-Cycle. Li-Cycle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paysign, 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
Li-Cycle	$18.30M	2.72	-$138M	-$1.25	-1.71
Paysign	$56.47M	3.28	$6.46M	$0.15	23.07

Summary

Paysign beats Li-Cycle on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.