Financial Contrast: Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) & Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH)

Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) and Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Mercurity Fintech has a beta of 3.55, indicating that its share price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Mercurity Fintech and Payoneer Global, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mercurity Fintech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Payoneer Global	0	1	8	0	2.89

Payoneer Global has a consensus target price of $10.0625, indicating a potential upside of 47.76%. Given Payoneer Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Payoneer Global is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.

Profitability

This table compares Mercurity Fintech and Payoneer Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mercurity Fintech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Payoneer Global	9.81%	13.42%	1.30%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mercurity Fintech and Payoneer Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercurity Fintech	$1.01 million	249.72	-$4.53 million	N/A	N/A
Payoneer Global	$977.72 million	2.52	$121.16 million	$0.26	26.19

Payoneer Global has higher revenue and earnings than Mercurity Fintech.

Summary

Payoneer Global beats Mercurity Fintech on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mercurity Fintech

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. operates as a fintech company powered by blockchain. The company provides digital asset trading infrastructure solutions based on internet and blockchain technologies for cryptocurrency traders; and asset digitalization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitalization solutions for traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, bonds, and precious metals. It also offers cryptocurrency mining services that provides computing power to the mining pool; and digital consultation services, such as digital payment solutions, asset management, and online and traditional brokerage services. The company was formerly known as JMU Limited and changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Payoneer Global

Payoneer Global Inc. operates as a financial technology company. It operates a payment infrastructure platform that provides customers with a one-stop, global, multi-currency account to serve their accounts receivable and accounts payable needs. The company delivers a suite of services that includes cross-border payments, physical and virtual MasterCard cards, working capital, risk management, and other services. It also offers various payment options with minimal integration required, full back-office functions, and customer support offered. The company's platform delivers bank-grade security, stability, and redundancy. It serves customers, such as small and medium-sized businesses in approximately 190 countries and territories worldwide. Payoneer Global Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.