WizzFinancial (OTCMKTS:FNBLF – Get Free Report) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM – Get Free Report) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.4% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares WizzFinancial and Akamai Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| WizzFinancial | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Akamai Technologies | 12.64% | 14.41% | 7.46% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| WizzFinancial | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Akamai Technologies | $3.66 billion | 4.50 | $523.67 million | $2.96 | 36.66 |
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than WizzFinancial.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for WizzFinancial and Akamai Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| WizzFinancial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Akamai Technologies | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2.71 |
Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $109.72, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. Given Akamai Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than WizzFinancial.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats WizzFinancial on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About WizzFinancial
WizzFinancial operates as a platform for B2B payments and foreign exchange solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Cross-Border Payments & Consumer Solutions, Consumer Foreign Exchange Solutions, and B2B & Payment Technology Solutions. The Cross-Border Payments & Consumer Solutions segment offers cross-border payments services through digital and physical channels. This segment also provides payroll processing, mobile wallet, bill payment, digital gifting, and consumer advance services. The Consumer Foreign Exchange Solutions segment purchases and sells foreign currency; issues prepaid travel cards; and provides VAT refund services through stores, ATMs, online portals, and mobile applications. The B2B & Payment Technology Solutions segment enables banks, financial institutions, mobile wallet operators, payments and technology companies, and others to offer cross-border payments, foreign exchange, stored value platforms, digital gifting, and acquiring services to their customers using its platforms. It offers services under the UAE Exchange, Travelex, Xpress Money, Unimoni, Remit2India, Ditto, and Swych brand names. The company was formerly known as Finablr PLC and changed its name to WizzFinancial in August 2021. WizzFinancial was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. WizzFinancial operates as a subsidiary of Brs Investment Holdings 1 Limited.
About Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for securing, delivering, and computing content, applications, and software over the internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers carrier offerings, including cybersecurity protection, parental controls, DNS infrastructure and content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through direct sales and service organizations, as well as through various channel partners. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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