Financial Comparison: Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) vs. Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA)

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Flywire has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Society Pass has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.9% of Flywire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Society Pass shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Flywire shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Society Pass shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Flywire and Society Pass, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flywire	0	2	13	1	2.94
Society Pass	0	1	3	0	2.75

Flywire presently has a consensus target price of $34.27, suggesting a potential upside of 63.80%. Society Pass has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2,555.23%. Given Society Pass’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Society Pass is more favorable than Flywire.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Flywire and Society Pass’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flywire	$403.09 million	6.37	-$8.57 million	($0.09)	-232.42
Society Pass	$8.17 million	0.49	-$33.79 million	($0.64)	-0.19

Flywire has higher revenue and earnings than Society Pass. Flywire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Society Pass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Flywire and Society Pass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flywire	-2.13%	-1.35%	-1.03%
Society Pass	-243.39%	-152.80%	-85.99%

Summary

Flywire beats Society Pass on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flywire

Flywire Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments enablement and software company in the United States and internationally. Its payment platform and network, and vertical-specific software help clients to get paid and help their customers to pay. The company's platform facilitates payment flows across multiple currencies, payment types, and payment options, as well as provides direct connections to alternative payment methods, such as Alipay, Boleto, PayPal/Venmo, and Trustly. It serves education, healthcare, travel, and business to business organizations. The company was formerly known as peerTransfer Corporation and changed its name to Flywire Corporation in December 2016. Flywire Corporation was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Society Pass

Society Pass Incorporated acquires and operates fintech and e-commerce platforms and mobile applications for consumers and merchants in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It operates through Online Grocery and Food and Groceries Deliveries, Digital marketing, Online ticketing and reservation, Telecommunications Reseller, e-Commerce, and Merchant Point of Sale segments. The company operates Leflair, an online lifestyle platform that offers services and products, such as fashion and accessories, beauty and personal care, and home and lifestyle; an online food delivery service under the Handycart brand name; and an online grocery delivery service under the Pushkart brand name. It also sells hardware and software to merchant; local mobile phone and global internet data plans; and domestic and overseas air ticket, and global hotel reservations, as well as offers digital marketing services. The company was formerly known as Food Society, Inc. and changed its name to Society Pass Incorporated in October 2018. Society Pass Incorporated was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.