Financial Comparison: CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) & Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO)

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and Payoneer Global (NASDAQ:PAYO) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Payoneer Global shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of CBIZ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Payoneer Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

CBIZ has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Payoneer Global has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CBIZ and Payoneer Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$1.59 billion	2.58	$120.97 million	$2.36	34.67
Payoneer Global	$831.10 million	4.57	$93.33 million	$0.35	30.46

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than Payoneer Global. Payoneer Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for CBIZ and Payoneer Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0	0	1	0	3.00
Payoneer Global	0	0	6	1	3.14

CBIZ presently has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.10%. Payoneer Global has a consensus price target of $10.79, indicating a potential upside of 1.18%. Given CBIZ’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CBIZ is more favorable than Payoneer Global.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%
Payoneer Global	13.82%	17.78%	1.73%

Summary

CBIZ beats Payoneer Global on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

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.