FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS – Get Free Report) and Pax Global Tech (OTCMKTS:PXGYF – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Risk & Volatility
FirstCash has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pax Global Tech has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares FirstCash and Pax Global Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FirstCash | 8.61% | 16.63% | 7.70% |
| Pax Global Tech | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FirstCash | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Pax Global Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
FirstCash presently has a consensus target price of $154.40, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. Given FirstCash’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Pax Global Tech.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares FirstCash and Pax Global Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FirstCash | $3.39 billion | 2.01 | $258.82 million | $6.51 | 23.61 |
| Pax Global Tech | $774.67 million | 1.01 | $91.46 million | N/A | N/A |
FirstCash has higher revenue and earnings than Pax Global Tech.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FirstCash beats Pax Global Tech on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About FirstCash
FirstCash Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail pawn stores in the United States, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Retail POS Payment Solutions segments. Its pawn stores lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property, including jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and retails merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures on forfeited pawn loans and over-the-counter purchases of merchandise directly from customers. The company also provides retail POS payment solutions, which focuses on LTO products and facilitating other retail financing payment options across the network of traditional and e-commerce merchant partners. It serves cash and credit-constrained consumers. The company was formerly known as FirstCash, Inc and changed its name to FirstCash Holdings, Inc. in December 2021. FirstCash Holdings, Inc was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
About Pax Global Tech
PAX Global Technology Limited, an investment holding company, develops and sells electronic funds transfer point-of-sale products in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, the United States, and Italy. Its E-payment terminal products include smart E-payment solutions; and android smartPOS, android smart tablet, unattended payment products, PINpad, and Minipigs and mPOS. The company also develops MAXSTORE, a cloud-based Software as a Service platform that provides one-stop terminal management and valu-added services; paxRhino, a key injection service; and CyberLab, a payment application cloud test platform that provides professional one-stop online debugging and testing service. In addition, it offers payment solutions services, and maintenance and installation services. PAX Global Technology Limited was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
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