Acacia Research (NASDAQ:ACTG – Get Free Report) and Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
86.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Acacia Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Payoneer Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Acacia Research has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Acacia Research and Payoneer Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Acacia Research | -5.39% | 0.44% | 0.33% |
| Payoneer Global | 4.65% | 9.97% | 0.80% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Acacia Research and Payoneer Global, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Acacia Research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Payoneer Global | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.11 |
Acacia Research currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.84%. Payoneer Global has a consensus price target of $7.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Acacia Research’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acacia Research is more favorable than Payoneer Global.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Acacia Research and Payoneer Global”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Acacia Research | $278.37 million | 1.48 | $21.68 million | ($0.15) | -28.20 |
| Payoneer Global | $862.45 million | 2.81 | $73.19 million | $0.14 | 51.00 |
Payoneer Global has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Research. Acacia Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Payoneer Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Payoneer Global beats Acacia Research on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Acacia Research
Acacia is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: ACTG) company that is focused on acquiring and operating businesses across the industrial, energy and technology sectors where it believes it can leverage its expertise, significant capital base, and deep industry relationships to drive value. Acacia evaluates opportunities based on the attractiveness of the underlying cash flows, without regard to a specific investment horizon. Acacia operates its businesses based on three key principles of people, process, and performance and has built a management team with demonstrated expertise in research, transactions and execution, and operations and management.
About Payoneer Global
Payoneer Global Inc. operates as a financial technology company. It operates a payment infrastructure platform that provides customers with a one-stop, global, multi-currency account to serve their accounts receivable and accounts payable needs. The company delivers a suite of services that includes cross-border payments, physical and virtual MasterCard cards, working capital, risk management, and other services. It also offers various payment options with minimal integration required, full back-office functions, and customer support offered. The company's platform delivers bank-grade security, stability, and redundancy. It serves customers, such as small and medium-sized businesses in approximately 190 countries and territories worldwide. Payoneer Global Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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