Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Analysis

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT – Get Free Report) is one of 342 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Euronet Worldwide to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronet Worldwide’s competitors have a beta of 0.16, suggesting that their average share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Euronet Worldwide and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Euronet Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential downside of 1.66%. Given Euronet Worldwide’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Euronet Worldwide is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Euronet Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Euronet Worldwide is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Euronet Worldwide beats its competitors on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Euronet Worldwide Company Profile

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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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