Critical Survey: Pax Global Tech (OTCMKTS:PXGYF) versus Remitly Global (NASDAQ:RELY)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Pax Global Tech and Remitly Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pax Global Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Remitly Global	1	2	8	0	2.64

Remitly Global has a consensus price target of $25.38, indicating a potential upside of 88.24%. Given Remitly Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Remitly Global is more favorable than Pax Global Tech.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.3% of Remitly Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Remitly Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pax Global Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remitly Global	1.36%	3.12%	2.05%

Volatility & Risk

Pax Global Tech has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Remitly Global has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pax Global Tech and Remitly Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pax Global Tech	$774.67 million	0.83	$91.46 million	N/A	N/A
Remitly Global	$1.26 billion	2.23	-$36.98 million	$0.09	149.78

Pax Global Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Remitly Global.

Summary

Remitly Global beats Pax Global Tech on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pax Global Tech

PAX Global Technology Limited, an investment holding company, develops and sells electronic funds transfer point-of-sale products in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, the United States, and Italy. Its E-payment terminal products include smart E-payment solutions; and android smartPOS, android smart tablet, unattended payment products, PINpad, and Minipigs and mPOS. The company also develops MAXSTORE, a cloud-based Software as a Service platform that provides one-stop terminal management and valu-added services; paxRhino, a key injection service; and CyberLab, a payment application cloud test platform that provides professional one-stop online debugging and testing service. In addition, it offers payment solutions services, and maintenance and installation services. PAX Global Technology Limited was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

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.