LSAK vs. BYRN, SHAP, API, SEZL, MTC, ISPR, ARQ, OPFI, CLMB, and ADTH
Should you be buying Lesaka Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lesaka Technologies include Byrna Technologies (BYRN), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Agora (API), Sezzle (SEZL), MMTec (MTC), Ispire Technology (ISPR), ARQ (ARQ), OppFi (OPFI), Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), and AdTheorent (ADTH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) and Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Byrna Technologies has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.67%. Given Byrna Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Byrna Technologies is more favorable than Lesaka Technologies.
Byrna Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lesaka Technologies. Byrna Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lesaka Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Byrna Technologies has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Byrna Technologies received 9 more outperform votes than Lesaka Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Byrna Technologies an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Lesaka Technologies an outperform vote.
Lesaka Technologies has a net margin of -4.41% compared to Byrna Technologies' net margin of -11.83%. Byrna Technologies' return on equity of -13.16% beat Lesaka Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lesaka Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Byrna Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lesaka Technologies and 5 mentions for Byrna Technologies. Byrna Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Lesaka Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Byrna Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Byrna Technologies beats Lesaka Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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