PAR Technology (PAR) Competitors

PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) and NCR Voyix (NYSE:VYX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAR or VYX?

PAR Technology received 229 more outperform votes than NCR Voyix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave NCR Voyix an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave PAR Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PAR Technology	Outperform Votes 241 59.95%	Underperform Votes 161 40.05%
NCR Voyix	Outperform Votes 12 92.31%	Underperform Votes 1 7.69%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAR or VYX?

PAR Technology has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCR Voyix has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAR or VYX?

PAR Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NCR Voyix. PAR Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NCR Voyix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PAR Technology	$420.88M	3.60	-$69.75M	-$2.57	-17.36
NCR Voyix	$3.78B	0.51	-$423M	-$3.36	-3.92

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAR or VYX?

97.0% of NCR Voyix shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of PAR Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of NCR Voyix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PAR or VYX?

In the previous week, PAR Technology had 3 more articles in the media than NCR Voyix. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PAR Technology and 1 mentions for NCR Voyix. NCR Voyix's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat PAR Technology's score of 0.24 indicating that NCR Voyix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PAR Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NCR Voyix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer PAR or VYX?

PAR Technology presently has a consensus target price of $49.88, indicating a potential upside of 11.78%. NCR Voyix has a consensus target price of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.10%. Given NCR Voyix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NCR Voyix is more favorable than PAR Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PAR Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
NCR Voyix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is PAR or VYX more profitable?

NCR Voyix has a net margin of -7.88% compared to PAR Technology's net margin of -17.14%. NCR Voyix's return on equity of 27.60% beat PAR Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PAR Technology	-17.14%	-14.53%	-6.49%
NCR Voyix	-7.88%	27.60%	2.33%

Summary

PAR Technology and NCR Voyix tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.