Viad (NYSE:VVI – Get Rating) and Nuvei (NASDAQ:NVEI – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Viad and Nuvei’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Viad | 2.76% | 20.26% | 1.53% |
| Nuvei | 4.96% | 7.91% | 4.22% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
92.0% of Viad shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Nuvei shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Viad shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Nuvei shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Viad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Nuvei | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.00 |
Viad currently has a consensus price target of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.79%. Nuvei has a consensus price target of $58.08, indicating a potential upside of 101.75%. Given Nuvei’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nuvei is more favorable than Viad.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Viad and Nuvei’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Viad | $1.13 billion | 0.45 | $23.22 million | $0.55 | 44.24 |
| Nuvei | $843.32 million | 4.74 | $56.73 million | $0.30 | 95.97 |
Nuvei has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viad. Viad is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nuvei, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Viad has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuvei has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nuvei beats Viad on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Viad
Viad Corp operates as an experiential leisure travel, and live events and marketing services company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, and Iceland. It operates through Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions segments. The Pursuit segment offers vertically integrated attractions and hospitality in destinations with a collection of attractions, lodges, and sightseeing tours. The GES Exhibition operates as an exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. The Spiro operates experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. In addition, the company offers a collection of travel experiences in recreational attractions, food and beverage, retail, and ground transportation services. It serves event organizers and corporate brand marketers directly, as well as through a distribution channel network that include tour operators, tour wholesalers, destination management companies, and retail travel agencies. Viad Corp was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
About Nuvei
Nuvei Corporation provides payment technology solutions to merchants and partners in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. Its platform enables customers to pay and/or accept payments worldwide regardless of their location, device, or preferred payment method. The company's solutions comprise a fully integrated payments engine with global processing capabilities, a turnkey solution for frictionless payment experiences, and a broad suite of data-driven business intelligence tools and risk management services. It sells and distributes its solutions through direct sales, indirect sales for small-and-medium sized businesses, and eCommerce resellers. Nuvei Corporation was founded in 2003 and is based in Montreal, Canada.
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