Financial Contrast: CooTek (Cayman) (NYSE:CTK) versus PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS)

PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) and CooTek (Cayman) (NYSE:CTK) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for PagSeguro Digital and CooTek (Cayman), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PagSeguro Digital	1	2	6	1	2.70
CooTek (Cayman)	0	0	0	0	0.00

PagSeguro Digital presently has a consensus price target of $14.40, suggesting a potential upside of 79.78%. Given PagSeguro Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than CooTek (Cayman).

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares PagSeguro Digital and CooTek (Cayman)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PagSeguro Digital	10.93%	14.97%	3.56%
CooTek (Cayman)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PagSeguro Digital and CooTek (Cayman)”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PagSeguro Digital	$3.19 billion	0.83	$331.23 million	$1.17	6.85
CooTek (Cayman)	$31.98 million	0.01	-$2.60 million	N/A	N/A

PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than CooTek (Cayman).

Summary

PagSeguro Digital beats CooTek (Cayman) on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PagSeguro Digital

PagSeguro Digital Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial technology solutions and services for consumers, individual entrepreneurs, micro-merchants, and small and medium-sized companies in Brazil and internationally. The company's products and services include PagSeguro Ecosystem, a digital ecosystem that operates as a closed loop where its clients are able to address their primary day to day financial needs, including receiving and spending funds, and managing and growing their businesses; PagBank digital account, which offers payment and banking services through the PagBank mobile app, as well as centralizes various cash-in options, functionalities, services, and cash-out options in a single ecosystem; and PlugPag, a tool for medium-sized and larger merchants that enables them to connect their point of sale (POS) device directly to their enterprise resource planning software or sales automation system through Bluetooth. It also offers cash-in solutions; online and in-person payment tools; and online gaming and cross-border digital services, as well as issues prepaid, credit, and cash cards. In addition, the company provides functionalities, and value-added services and features, such as purchase protection mechanisms, antifraud platform, account and business management tools, POS app, i-Banking App, Super App, and e-commerce support and bill payment services; and PedeFácil, an order management and food delivery app. Further, it is involved in processing of back-office solutions, including sales reconciliation, and gateway solutions and services, as well as the capture of credit cards with acquirers and sub acquirers. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About CooTek (Cayman)

CooTek (Cayman) Inc. operates as a mobile internet company in the United States, the People's Republic of China, the United States, and internationally. Its primary product is TouchPal Smart Input, an input method for mobile devices that supports approximately 110 languages. The company also offers Fengdu Novel, a mobile application that provides users with free online novels; Fengdu Audiobooks; and short video series based on Fengdu Literature Platform content and IP resources. In addition, it provides casual games, including simulation games, such as Farm Hero and Idle Land King Tycoon; puzzle games comprising Hi Hamster; and educational games, such as Puzzle No. 1 and Idiom Hero. Further, the company offers fitness applications comprising Walk Walk; Drink Water Reminder that helps users drink an appropriate amount of water on a daily basis; Happy Jogging, a free pedometer mobile application; and Hailaidian, a mobile application that provides pictures, videos, and music to decorate the call interface and help users have fun when receiving phone calls. It distributes its products and acquires users primarily through user downloads from digital distribution platforms and pre-installations on mobile devices. CooTek (Cayman) Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.