Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI – Get Free Report) and Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Volatility and Risk
Upexi has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paysafe has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Upexi and Paysafe, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Upexi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Paysafe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 |
Upexi presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 524.38%. Paysafe has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.02%. Given Upexi’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Upexi is more favorable than Paysafe.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Upexi and Paysafe”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Upexi | $25.00 million | 2.82 | -$246.07 million | ($4.06) | -0.20 |
| Paysafe | $1.70 billion | 0.18 | -$182.51 million | ($3.81) | -1.55 |
Paysafe has higher revenue and earnings than Upexi. Paysafe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upexi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Upexi and Paysafe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Upexi | -984.34% | -157.49% | -22.60% |
| Paysafe | -11.82% | 10.31% | 1.41% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
5.7% of Upexi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Paysafe shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Upexi shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Paysafe beats Upexi on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Upexi
Upexi, Inc. manufactures and sells various branded products in the health, wellness, pet, beauty, and other markets. The company was formerly known as Grove, Inc. and changed its name to Upexi, Inc. in August 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.
About Paysafe
Paysafe Limited provides end-to-end payment solutions in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Its payments platform offers a range of payment solutions comprising credit and debit card processing, digital wallet, eCash, and real-time banking solutions for entertainment verticals, such as iGaming, including online betting related to sports, e-sports, fantasy sports, poker, and other casino games, as well as travel, streaming/video gaming, retail/hospitality, and digital assets. The company operates through two segments, Merchant Solutions and Digital Wallets. The Merchant Solutions segment offers PCI-compliant payment acceptance and transaction processing solutions for merchants and integrated service providers, including merchant acquiring, transaction processing, gateway solutions, fraud and risk management tools, data and analytics, point of sale systems, and merchant financing solutions, as well as comprehensive support services under the Paysafe and Petroleum Card Services brands. The Digital Wallets segment offers digital wallet solutions under the Skrill, NETELLER, paysafecard, and Paysafecash brands; and pay-by-bank solutions under the Rapid Transfer brand. It also provides eCash solutions under the paysafecard and Paysafecash brands; paysafecard prepaid Mastercard that can be linked to a digital paysafecard account and used to make purchases; Safetypay, a platform that enables eCommerce transactions; and PagoEfectivo, an alternative payment platform. The company is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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