Payfare (PAY) Competitors

Chorus Aviation (TSE:CHR) and Payfare (TSE:PAY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHR or PAY?

Chorus Aviation received 280 more outperform votes than Payfare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.12% of users gave Chorus Aviation an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Payfare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chorus Aviation	Outperform Votes 363 66.12%	Underperform Votes 186 33.88%
Payfare	Outperform Votes 83 63.36%	Underperform Votes 48 36.64%

Which has more volatility and risk, CHR or PAY?

Chorus Aviation has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payfare has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CHR or PAY?

In the previous week, Chorus Aviation had 1 more articles in the media than Payfare. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chorus Aviation and 1 mentions for Payfare. Chorus Aviation's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Payfare's score of 0.00 indicating that Chorus Aviation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Chorus Aviation	Positive
Payfare	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHR or PAY?

2.3% of Chorus Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Payfare shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Chorus Aviation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Payfare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHR or PAY?

Payfare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chorus Aviation. Chorus Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Payfare, 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
Chorus Aviation	C$218.98M	2.43	-C$16.59M	-C$0.61	-32.29
Payfare	C$214.59M	0.89	C$19.18M	C$0.40	9.95

Is CHR or PAY more profitable?

Payfare has a net margin of 8.94% compared to Chorus Aviation's net margin of -7.57%. Payfare's return on equity of 24.35% beat Chorus Aviation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chorus Aviation	-7.57%	-11.70%	4.43%
Payfare	8.94%	24.35%	3.42%

Do analysts recommend CHR or PAY?

Chorus Aviation presently has a consensus target price of C$8.75, indicating a potential downside of 55.27%. Payfare has a consensus target price of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Given Payfare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Payfare is more favorable than Chorus Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chorus Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Payfare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Chorus Aviation beats Payfare on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.