PAY vs. TC, MDF, CVO, HAI, CPLF, TIXT, SYZ, QTRH, ALYA, and ESP
Should you be buying Payfare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Payfare include Tucows (TC), mdf commerce (MDF), Coveo Solutions (CVO), Haivision Systems (HAI), Copperleaf Technologies (CPLF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Sylogist (SYZ), Quarterhill (QTRH), Alithya Group (ALYA), and Brompton Energy Split (ESP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Tucows (TSE:TC) and Payfare (TSE:PAY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
79.9% of Tucows shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.3% of Payfare shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Tucows shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Payfare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tucows had 2 more articles in the media than Payfare. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tucows and 0 mentions for Payfare. Tucows' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Payfare's score of -0.18 indicating that Payfare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tucows has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payfare has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Payfare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tucows. Tucows is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Payfare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Payfare has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Payfare's net margin of -28.35%. Tucows' return on equity of 19.58% beat Payfare's return on equity.
Payfare has a consensus target price of C$9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.43%. Given Tucows' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Payfare is more favorable than Tucows.
Payfare received 5 more outperform votes than Tucows when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Payfare an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Tucows an outperform vote.
Summary
Payfare beats Tucows on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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