PAY vs. CHR, TIXT, MAX, FC, PMTS, TGL, NEO, BRAG, NYX, and TC
Should you be buying Payfare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payfare include Chorus Aviation (CHR), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), CPI Card Group (PMTS), TransGlobe Energy (TGL), Neo Performance Materials (NEO), Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (BRAG.V) (BRAG), NYX Gaming Group (NYX), and Tucows (TC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Payfare vs.
Payfare (TSE:PAY) and Chorus Aviation (TSE:CHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Chorus Aviation received 279 more outperform votes than Payfare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Chorus Aviation an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Payfare an outperform vote.
Payfare has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chorus Aviation has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
21.6% of Payfare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Chorus Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Payfare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Chorus Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Payfare has a net margin of 9.62% compared to Chorus Aviation's net margin of -6.95%. Payfare's return on equity of 27.84% beat Chorus Aviation's return on equity.
Chorus Aviation has higher revenue and earnings than Payfare. Payfare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chorus Aviation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Payfare presently has a consensus target price of C$4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. Chorus Aviation has a consensus target price of C$3.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.78%. Given Chorus Aviation's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chorus Aviation is more favorable than Payfare.
In the previous week, Chorus Aviation had 2 more articles in the media than Payfare. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chorus Aviation and 0 mentions for Payfare. Chorus Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Payfare's score of 0.00 indicating that Chorus Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Chorus Aviation beats Payfare on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PAY) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
