Skillz (SKLZ) Competitors

Repay (NASDAQ:RPAY) and Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RPAY or SKLZ?

82.7% of Repay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Skillz shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of Repay shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.4% of Skillz shares are held by 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, RPAY or SKLZ?

Repay has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skillz has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RPAY or SKLZ?

Repay presently has a consensus price target of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 70.26%. Skillz has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 121.24%. Given Skillz's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skillz is more favorable than Repay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Repay	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Skillz	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the media prefer RPAY or SKLZ?

In the previous week, Repay had 1 more articles in the media than Skillz. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Repay and 2 mentions for Skillz. Repay's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Skillz's score of 0.00 indicating that Repay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Repay	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skillz	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RPAY or SKLZ more profitable?

Repay has a net margin of -4.16% compared to Skillz's net margin of -39.33%. Repay's return on equity of 8.49% beat Skillz's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Repay	-4.16%	8.49%	4.31%
Skillz	-39.33%	-35.10%	-18.35%

Which has better earnings & valuation, RPAY or SKLZ?

Repay has higher revenue and earnings than Skillz. Repay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillz, 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
Repay	$313.04M	1.47	-$10.16M	-$0.15	-30.93
Skillz	$95.47M	1.24	-$48.23M	-$2.18	-3.11

Summary

Repay beats Skillz on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.