Priority Technology (NASDAQ:PRTH – Get Free Report) and Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Priority Technology and Euronet Worldwide”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Priority Technology | $953.01 million | 0.48 | $55.68 million | $0.69 | 8.04 |
| Euronet Worldwide | $4.24 billion | 0.66 | $309.50 million | $6.37 | 11.59 |
Profitability
This table compares Priority Technology and Euronet Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Priority Technology | 5.61% | -104.91% | 3.87% |
| Euronet Worldwide | 6.63% | 28.60% | 5.67% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Priority Technology and Euronet Worldwide, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Priority Technology | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Euronet Worldwide | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.29 |
Priority Technology presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.15%. Euronet Worldwide has a consensus target price of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.35%. Given Priority Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Priority Technology is more favorable than Euronet Worldwide.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
11.5% of Priority Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 59.4% of Priority Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Priority Technology has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Euronet Worldwide beats Priority Technology on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Priority Technology
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) Payments, Business-To-Business (B2B) Payments, and Enterprise Payments. It offers SMB payments processing solutions for B2C transactions through independent sales organizations, financial institutions, independent software vendors, and other referral partners through its MX product suite, which includes MX Connect and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B and ACH.com, and others, which provides flexible and customizable set of business applications that helps to manage critical business work functions and revenue performance to resellers and merchant clients using core payment processing. The company also offers CPX, a platform that offers accounts payable automation solutions, including virtual card, purchase card, ACH +, dynamic discounting, or check. In addition, it provides curated managed services; payment-adjacent technologies to facilitate the acceptance of electronic payments from customers; and Plastiq payables management software, which helps businesses in improving cash flow with instant access to working capital. Further, the company offers embedded finance and BaaS solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments; and managed services solutions that provide audience-specific programs for institutional partners and other third parties; and consulting and development solutions. It serves SMB, and enterprises, as well as distribution partners, including retail and wholesale independent sales organizations, financial institutions, and independent software vendors. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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.
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