Head to Head Comparison: Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) & Paymentus (NYSE:PAY)

Paymentus (NYSE:PAY) and Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.4% of Paymentus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nutex Health shares are held by institutional investors. 87.8% of Paymentus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.5% of Nutex Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Paymentus has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutex Health has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Paymentus and Nutex Health, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paymentus	0	6	1	1	2.38
Nutex Health	0	0	2	0	3.00

Paymentus currently has a consensus target price of $28.80, indicating a potential downside of 12.75%. Nutex Health has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.68%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Paymentus.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Paymentus and Nutex Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paymentus	$778.67 million	5.28	$22.32 million	$0.31	106.48
Nutex Health	$292.00 million	0.59	-$45.79 million	($9.39)	-3.39

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

Profitability

This table compares Paymentus and Nutex Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paymentus	5.19%	10.84%	9.24%
Nutex Health	-14.09%	-51.27%	-9.89%

Summary

Paymentus beats Nutex Health on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paymentus

Paymentus Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based bill payment technology and solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers electronic bill presentment and payment services, enterprise customer communication, and self-service revenue management to billers through a software-as-a-service technology platform. Its platform's payment processing includes credit cards, debit cards, eChecks, and digital wallets. It serves utility, financial service, government, insurance, telecommunication, real estate management, education, consumer finance, healthcare, and small business industries. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Nutex Health

Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.