ELYS vs. APCX, SMSI, DUOT, DTSS, SEAC, GVP, AHI, PRST, ICLK, and FRSX
Should you be buying Elys BMG Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elys BMG Group include AppTech Payments (APCX), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), Duos Technologies Group (DUOT), Datasea (DTSS), SeaChange International (SEAC), GSE Systems (GVP), Advanced Health Intelligence (AHI), Presto Automation (PRST), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), and Foresight Autonomous (FRSX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Elys BMG Group (NASDAQ:ELYS) and AppTech Payments (NASDAQ:APCX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Elys BMG Group had 1 more articles in the media than AppTech Payments. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Elys BMG Group and 3 mentions for AppTech Payments. AppTech Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Elys BMG Group's score of 0.16 indicating that AppTech Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Elys BMG Group has higher revenue and earnings than AppTech Payments. AppTech Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elys BMG Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elys BMG Group has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppTech Payments has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
5.2% of AppTech Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.5% of Elys BMG Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of AppTech Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Elys BMG Group currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 536.94%. Given Elys BMG Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elys BMG Group is more favorable than AppTech Payments.
Elys BMG Group has a net margin of -40.25% compared to AppTech Payments' net margin of -3,538.08%. AppTech Payments' return on equity of -507.73% beat Elys BMG Group's return on equity.
Elys BMG Group received 18 more outperform votes than AppTech Payments when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Elys BMG Group beats AppTech Payments on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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