Contrasting Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) & Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH)

Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) and Mercurity Fintech (NASDAQ:MFH) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Payoneer Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 62.8% of Mercurity Fintech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercurity Fintech has a beta of 3.55, suggesting that its stock price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Payoneer Global and Mercurity Fintech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Payoneer Global	0	1	8	0	2.89
Mercurity Fintech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Payoneer Global presently has a consensus target price of $10.0625, suggesting a potential upside of 51.77%. Given Payoneer Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Payoneer Global is more favorable than Mercurity Fintech.

Profitability

This table compares Payoneer Global and Mercurity Fintech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Payoneer Global	9.81%	13.42%	1.30%
Mercurity Fintech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Payoneer Global and Mercurity Fintech”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Payoneer Global	$977.72 million	2.45	$121.16 million	$0.26	25.50
Mercurity Fintech	$1.01 million	225.12	-$4.53 million	N/A	N/A

Payoneer Global has higher revenue and earnings than Mercurity Fintech.

Summary

Payoneer Global beats Mercurity Fintech on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Mercurity Fintech

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. operates as a fintech company powered by blockchain. The company provides digital asset trading infrastructure solutions based on internet and blockchain technologies for cryptocurrency traders; and asset digitalization platform, which offers blockchain-based digitalization solutions for traditional assets, such as fiat currencies, bonds, and precious metals. It also offers cryptocurrency mining services that provides computing power to the mining pool; and digital consultation services, such as digital payment solutions, asset management, and online and traditional brokerage services. The company was formerly known as JMU Limited and changed its name to Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. in April 2020. Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.