Worldline (OTCMKTS:WWLNF) and Remitly Global (NASDAQ:RELY) Head to Head Analysis

Remitly Global (NASDAQ:RELY) and Worldline (OTCMKTS:WWLNF) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.3% of Remitly Global shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Remitly Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Remitly Global and Worldline”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Remitly Global	$1.64 billion	1.98	$67.93 million	$0.31	49.52
Worldline	$4.56 billion	0.03	-$5.83 billion	N/A	N/A

Remitly Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Worldline.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Remitly Global and Worldline, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Remitly Global	0	1	10	1	3.00
Worldline	0	0	0	0	0.00

Remitly Global currently has a consensus target price of $22.78, indicating a potential upside of 48.39%. Given Remitly Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Remitly Global is more favorable than Worldline.

Profitability

This table compares Remitly Global and Worldline’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Remitly Global	4.15%	8.87%	5.66%
Worldline	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Remitly Global has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldline has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Remitly Global beats Worldline on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Remitly Global

Remitly Global, Inc. provides digital financial services for immigrants and their families. It primarily offers cross-border remittance services in approximately 170 countries. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Worldline

Worldline SA provides payments and transactional services to financial institutions, merchants, corporations, and government agencies in Northern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Merchant Services; Financial Services; and Mobility & e-Transactional Services segments. The Merchant Services segment offers commercial acquiring, terminal, omnichannel payment acceptance, and digital retail services. The Financial Services segment provides issuing processing, acquiring processing, digital banking, and account payments services. The Mobility & e-Transactional Services segment offers trusted digitization, e-ticketing, and e-consumer and mobility. The company was formerly known as Atos Worldline S.A.S. and changed its name to Worldline SA in April 2014. Worldline SA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Puteaux, France.