Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) and Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI) Critical Survey

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) and Gemini Group Global (OTCMKTS:GMNI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and Gemini Group Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Euronet Worldwide	7.15%	28.37%	5.74%
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Euronet Worldwide and Gemini Group Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Euronet Worldwide	2	2	3	0	2.14
Gemini Group Global	0	0	0	0	0.00

Euronet Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.14%. Given Euronet Worldwide’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Euronet Worldwide is more favorable than Gemini Group Global.

Volatility and Risk

Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gemini Group Global has a beta of -3.51, indicating that its share price is 451% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and Gemini Group Global”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Euronet Worldwide	$4.24 billion	0.62	$309.50 million	$6.93	10.00
Gemini Group Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Euronet Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Gemini Group Global.

Summary

Euronet Worldwide beats Gemini Group Global on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Euronet Worldwide

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. provides payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers, and individual consumers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Electronic Fund Transfer Processing, epay, and Money Transfer. The Electronic Fund Transfer Processing segment provides electronic payment solutions, including automated teller machine (ATM) cash withdrawal and deposit services, ATM network participation, outsourced ATM and point-of-sale (POS) management solutions, credit and debit and prepaid card outsourcing, card issuing, and merchant acquiring services. It also offers ATM and POS currency conversion, ATM surcharge, advertising, customer relationship management, mobile top-up, bill payment, fraud management, foreign remittance and cardless payout, banknote recycling, and tax-refund services; and integrated electronic financial transaction software solutions for electronic payment and transaction delivery systems. The epay segment distributes and processes prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment products; and provides payment processing services for various prepaid products, cards, and services, as well as vouchers and physical gift fulfillment, and gift card distribution and processing services. This segment operates a network of approximately 821,000 POS terminals. The Money Transfer segment offers consumer-to-consumer and account-to-account money transfer, customers bill payment, check cashing, foreign currency exchange, mobile top-up, and cash management and foreign currency risk management services, as well as payment alternatives, such as money orders and prepaid debit cards. The company was formerly known as Euronet Services, Inc. and changed its name to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. in August 2001. Euronet Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

About Gemini Group Global

Gemini Group Global Corp. manufactures and distributes electronic cigarettes, e-liquid, and mods. Its products include prohibition juice, wildcat juice, moonshine juice, city gin, cat daddy, and white lightning juice. The company has the strategic alliance with Royal Vapour. The company was formerly known as Hull Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Gemini Group Global Corporation in September 2013. Gemini Group Global Corp. was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas with manufacturing facility in California, United States and vapor shop in Las Vegas, Nevada.