Contrasting Paysign (PAYS) and Its Rivals

Paysign (NASDAQ:PAYS) is one of 334 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Paysign to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Paysign and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paysign	0	1	4	0	2.80
Paysign Competitors	1931	6947	11709	447	2.51

Paysign presently has a consensus price target of $14.81, suggesting a potential upside of 57.25%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 5.46%. Given Paysign’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Paysign is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Paysign and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paysign	18.48%	35.29%	6.48%
Paysign Competitors	-259.04%	-39.95%	-4.73%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

25.9% of Paysign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Paysign shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by company 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 and Earnings

This table compares Paysign and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paysign	$82.03 million	$7.55 million	28.55
Paysign Competitors	$6.95 billion	$1.14 billion	8.62

Paysign’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Paysign. Paysign is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Paysign has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysign’s peers have a beta of 2.55, meaning that their average share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Paysign beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Paysign

Paysign, Inc. provides prepaid card programs, payment processing and related financial technology services. Its platform supports organizations that need to distribute funds and manage payments, including businesses in the healthcare sector. The company serves plasma collection centers with donor compensation and payment solutions, and works with pharmaceutical companies on patient assistance and affordability programs. Its services also support payments for clinical trials and other disbursement needs.