Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT) vs. American Bitcoin (NASDAQ:ABTC) Head to Head Analysis
by Danessa Lincoln · The Markets DailyAmerican Bitcoin (NASDAQ:ABTC – Get Free Report) and Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ:EEFT – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for American Bitcoin and Euronet Worldwide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| American Bitcoin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Euronet Worldwide | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.14 |
American Bitcoin presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 363.45%. Euronet Worldwide has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.34%. Given American Bitcoin’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Bitcoin is more favorable than Euronet Worldwide.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
10.2% of American Bitcoin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of American Bitcoin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Euronet Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
American Bitcoin has a beta of 3.76, suggesting that its share price is 276% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronet Worldwide has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares American Bitcoin and Euronet Worldwide”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| American Bitcoin | $185.16 million | 4.96 | -$153.17 million | ($0.50) | -1.73 |
| Euronet Worldwide | $4.24 billion | 0.60 | $309.50 million | $6.93 | 9.63 |
Euronet Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than American Bitcoin. American Bitcoin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euronet Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares American Bitcoin and Euronet Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| American Bitcoin | -69.42% | -29.72% | -15.38% |
| Euronet Worldwide | 7.15% | 28.37% | 5.74% |
Summary
Euronet Worldwide beats American Bitcoin on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About American Bitcoin
Gryphon Digital Mining is an innovative venture in the bitcoin space. Gryphon Digital Mining, formerly known as Akerna Corp., is based in DENVER.
About Euronet Worldwide
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. provides payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers, and individual consumers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Electronic Fund Transfer Processing, epay, and Money Transfer. The Electronic Fund Transfer Processing segment provides electronic payment solutions, including automated teller machine (ATM) cash withdrawal and deposit services, ATM network participation, outsourced ATM and point-of-sale (POS) management solutions, credit and debit and prepaid card outsourcing, card issuing, and merchant acquiring services. It also offers ATM and POS currency conversion, ATM surcharge, advertising, customer relationship management, mobile top-up, bill payment, fraud management, foreign remittance and cardless payout, banknote recycling, and tax-refund services; and integrated electronic financial transaction software solutions for electronic payment and transaction delivery systems. The epay segment distributes and processes prepaid mobile airtime and other electronic payment products; and provides payment processing services for various prepaid products, cards, and services, as well as vouchers and physical gift fulfillment, and gift card distribution and processing services. This segment operates a network of approximately 821,000 POS terminals. The Money Transfer segment offers consumer-to-consumer and account-to-account money transfer, customers bill payment, check cashing, foreign currency exchange, mobile top-up, and cash management and foreign currency risk management services, as well as payment alternatives, such as money orders and prepaid debit cards. The company was formerly known as Euronet Services, Inc. and changed its name to Euronet Worldwide, Inc. in August 2001. Euronet Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.