Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) & DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE) Critical Review –

Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR – Get Rating) and DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.8% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.6% of Shift4 Payments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of DynTek shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Shift4 Payments and DynTek’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Shift4 Payments and DynTek, as provided by MarketBeat.

Shift4 Payments currently has a consensus price target of $68.38, indicating a potential upside of 112.44%. Given Shift4 Payments’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than DynTek.

Risk and Volatility

Shift4 Payments has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DynTek has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Shift4 Payments and DynTek’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

DynTek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shift4 Payments.

Summary

Shift4 Payments beats DynTek on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shift4 Payments (Get Rating)

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (NYSE FOUR) provides integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. Its payments platform provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including end-to-end payment processing for various payment types; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; and reporting and analytical tools, as well as tokenization, risk management/underwriting, payment device and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions. The company also offers suite of technology solutions, such as Lighthouse, a cloud-based business intelligence tool that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling, and product pricing, as well as reporting and analytics; integrated POS for merchants business; and Skytab, a mobile payment solution. In addition, it provides marketplace technology that enable seamless integrations into third-party applications, which includes online delivery services, payroll, timekeeping, and other human resource services. Further, the company offers merchant management, training and education, marketing management, and incentives tracking solutions. Additionally, it provides merchant underwriting, onboarding and activation, training, risk management, and support services; and software integrations and compliance management, and partner support and services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

About DynTek (Get Rating)

DynTek, Inc. provides professional information technology services to mid-market commercial businesses, state and local government agencies, and educational institutions. It offers infrastructure and data center solutions, including advanced networking, security, server virtualization, and servers and storage solutions; and Microsoft platform solutions comprising management and virtualization, messaging, communications, desktop, data platform, identity and security, portals and collaboration, and midmarket solutions. The company also provides endpoint computing solutions, such as desktop and application, application and desktop virtualization, and desktop management solutions; and talent acquisition and staff augmentation solutions. In addition, it engages in value-added resale of hardware and software products. The company was formerly known as TekInsight, Inc. and changed its name to DynTek, Inc. in December 2001. DynTek, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

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