Cass Information Systems vs Priority Technology
CASS and PRTH side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CASS and PRTH compare
Cass Information Systems and Priority Technology are about the same size, with market caps of $709M and $651M.
On earnings, Priority Technology is cheaper: it trades at 16.1× trailing earnings, against 19.0× for Cass Information Systems.
Priority Technology grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.1% versus 8.1% for Cass Information Systems).
Cass Information Systems pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; Priority Technology does not pay one.
Cass Information Systems scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 9 for Priority Technology), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CASS | PRTH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $709M | $651M |
| Share price | $55.40 | $7.90 |
| Change, 1 year | 34.7% | 41.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 23.1% | 28.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.59 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 156 | 1,200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.0× | 16.1× (better) |
| P/S | 3.5× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 3.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 7.4× |
| P/FCF | 21.3× | 6.0× (better) |
| PEG | 18.25 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 16.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $53.89 | $13.98 |
| Margin of safety | −2.8% | 43.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.1% | 10.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.6% | 18.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 21.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 24.9% (better) | −7.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.6% | 12.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 39.1% |
| Operating margin | – | 13.2% |
| Net margin | 18.9% | – |
| FCF margin | 16.5% (better) | 10.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | – | 12.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 4.30 |
| Interest coverage | – | 1.6× |
| Current ratio | – | 1.10 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.36 | 0.74 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | – |
| Payout ratio | 43.1% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 9 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.3% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.3% | 23.6% |
| Held by insiders | 4.1% | 59.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$23.8K |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | – |
Go deeper
- CASS stock overview
- CASS income statement
- CASS valuation and score
- PRTH stock overview
- PRTH income statement
- PRTH valuation and score
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