Head-To-Head Review: Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) versus Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL)

Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH) and Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Priority Technology and Swvl, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Priority Technology	0	1	1	0	2.50
Swvl	0	0	0	0	N/A

Priority Technology presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. Given Priority Technology’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Swvl.

Profitability

This table compares Priority Technology and Swvl’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Priority Technology	0.57%	-3.11%	0.28%
Swvl	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Priority Technology has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Swvl has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.5% of Priority Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Swvl shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.3% of Priority Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Swvl shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Priority Technology and Swvl’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Priority Technology	$755.61 million	0.49	-$1.31 million	($0.58)	-7.91
Swvl	$22.85 million	1.82	$3.06 million	N/A	N/A

Swvl has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Priority Technology.

Summary

Priority Technology beats Swvl on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Priority Technology

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) Payments, Business-To-Business (B2B) Payments, and Enterprise Payments. It offers SMB payments processing solutions for B2C transactions through independent sales organizations, financial institutions, independent software vendors, and other referral partners through its MX product suite, which includes MX Connect and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B and ACH.com, and others, which provides flexible and customizable set of business applications that helps to manage critical business work functions and revenue performance to resellers and merchant clients using core payment processing. The company also offers CPX, a platform that offers accounts payable automation solutions, including virtual card, purchase card, ACH +, dynamic discounting, or check. In addition, it provides curated managed services; payment-adjacent technologies to facilitate the acceptance of electronic payments from customers; and Plastiq payables management software, which helps businesses in improving cash flow with instant access to working capital. Further, the company offers embedded finance and BaaS solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments; and managed services solutions that provide audience-specific programs for institutional partners and other third parties; and consulting and development solutions. It serves SMB, and enterprises, as well as distribution partners, including retail and wholesale independent sales organizations, financial institutions, and independent software vendors. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

About Swvl

Swvl Holdings Corp. provides mass transit ridesharing services. It offers B2C Swvl Retail, which provides riders with a network of minibuses and other vehicles running on fixed or semi-fixed routes within cities; Swvl Travel that allows riders to book rides on long-distance intercity routes on vehicle available through the Swvl platform or through third-party services; and Swvl Business, a transport as a service enterprise product for businesses, schools, municipal transit agencies, and other customers. Swvl Holdings Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.