Paymentus (PAY) Competitors

Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) and Genpact (NYSE:G) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer PAY or G?

Paymentus currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.93%. Genpact has a consensus target price of $48.44, indicating a potential upside of 0.59%. Given Paymentus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paymentus is more favorable than Genpact.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paymentus	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Genpact	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PAY or G?

78.4% of Paymentus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Genpact shares are held by institutional investors. 87.8% of Paymentus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Genpact shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PAY or G?

Paymentus has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genpact has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAY or G?

Paymentus received 145 more outperform votes than Genpact when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.67% of users gave Genpact an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Paymentus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paymentus	Outperform Votes 639 59.89%	Underperform Votes 428 40.11%
Genpact	Outperform Votes 494 67.67%	Underperform Votes 236 32.33%

Does the media favor PAY or G?

In the previous week, Paymentus had 1 more articles in the media than Genpact. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Paymentus and 12 mentions for Genpact. Paymentus' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Genpact's score of 1.04 indicating that Paymentus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paymentus	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Genpact	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PAY or G more profitable?

Genpact has a net margin of 10.77% compared to Paymentus' net margin of 5.19%. Genpact's return on equity of 22.50% beat Paymentus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paymentus	5.19%	10.84%	9.24%
Genpact	10.77%	22.50%	10.48%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PAY or G?

Genpact has higher revenue and earnings than Paymentus. Genpact is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paymentus, 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
Paymentus	$871.75M	4.02	$22.32M	$0.34	82.51
Genpact	$4.77B	1.77	$498.90M	$2.84	16.96

Summary

Paymentus beats Genpact on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.