ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ:ALTS) & Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) Critical Analysis

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) and ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ:ALTS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and ALT5 Sigma’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Euronet Worldwide	7.27%	27.63%	5.78%
ALT5 Sigma	-74.89%	-179.27%	-16.28%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of ALT5 Sigma shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of ALT5 Sigma shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Euronet Worldwide and ALT5 Sigma, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Euronet Worldwide	0	2	5	0	2.71
ALT5 Sigma	1	0	0	0	1.00

Euronet Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $117.60, suggesting a potential upside of 45.98%. Given Euronet Worldwide’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Euronet Worldwide is more favorable than ALT5 Sigma.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Euronet Worldwide and ALT5 Sigma”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Euronet Worldwide	$3.99 billion	0.83	$306.00 million	$6.83	11.80
ALT5 Sigma	$22.26 million	12.69	-$6.24 million	N/A	N/A

Euronet Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than ALT5 Sigma.

Risk & Volatility

Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ALT5 Sigma has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Euronet Worldwide beats ALT5 Sigma on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About ALT5 Sigma

ALT5 Sigma Corp. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in identifying, acquiring, licensing, developing, partnering, and commercializing novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive therapies to address the large unmet medical need for the treatment of pain and addiction. It operates under the Biotechnology and Recycling segments. The Biotechnology segment focuses on finding treatments for conditions that cause severe pain and bringing to market drugs with non-addictive pain-relieving properties. The Recycling segment is involved in a turnkey appliance recycling program. The company was founded by Edward R. Cameron in 1976 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.