Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC – Get Free Report) and UMeWorld (OTCMKTS:UMEWF – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Paycom Software and UMeWorld’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Paycom Software | $1.56 billion | 9.98 | $281.39 million | $5.45 | 47.19 |
| UMeWorld | N/A | N/A | -$150,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than UMeWorld.
Risk and Volatility
Insider & Institutional Ownership
88.7% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of UMeWorld shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Paycom Software and UMeWorld’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Paycom Software | 20.28% | 24.93% | 8.09% |
| UMeWorld | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Paycom Software and UMeWorld, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Paycom Software | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2.67 |
| UMeWorld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Paycom Software presently has a consensus target price of $384.53, suggesting a potential upside of 49.53%. Given Paycom Software’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than UMeWorld.
Summary
Paycom Software beats UMeWorld on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Paycom Software
Paycom Software, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solution delivered as software-as-a-service for small to mid-sized companies in the United States. It offers functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement. The company's HCM solution provides a suite of applications in the areas of talent acquisition, including applicant tracking, candidate tracker, background checks, on-boarding, e-verify, and tax credit services; and time and labor management, such as time and attendance, scheduling/schedule exchange, time-off requests, labor allocation, labor management reports/push reporting, geofencing/geotracking, and Microfence, a proprietary Bluetooth. Its HCM solution also offers payroll applications comprising better employee transaction interface, payroll and tax management, payroll card, Paycom pay, expense management, mileage tracker/fixed and variable rates, garnishment management, and GL concierge applications; and talent management applications that include employee self-service, compensation budgeting, performance management, position management, and Paycom learning and content subscriptions, as well as my analytics, which offer employment predictor reporting. In addition, its HCM solution provides manager on-the-go that gives supervisors and managers the ability to perform a variety of tasks, such as approving time-off requests and expense reimbursements; direct data exchange; ask here, a tool for direct line of communication to ask work-related questions; document and checklist; government and compliance; benefits administration/benefits to carrier; COBRA administration; personnel action and performance discussion forms; surveys; and affordable care act applications, as well as Clue, which securely collect, track, and manage the vaccination and testing data of the workforce. Paycom Software, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
About UMeWorld
UMeWorld Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an educational technology company with a focus on the K-12 education market in China. It offers UMFun, a cloud-based assessment and learning analytics platform that analyzes and adapts to a student's performance and personalizes the delivery of proprietary educational items in accordance with the student's learning needs. The company also engages in the marketing and selling of cooking oils and nutritional supplements. It serves schools, teachers, students, and parents through online platforms. The company was formerly known as AlphaRx, Inc. and changed its name to UMeWorld Limited in March 2013. UMeWorld Limited was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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